Ghanaians are opposed to Kevin Boateng’s Ghana return - survey
Posted On Tuesday, 11th September 2012
Kevin-Prince Boateng has been plotting his return to the Black Stars
Majority of Ghanaians are opposed to AC Milan star Kevin Prince Boateng returning to the Black Stars, a GHANAsoccernet.com survey has shown.
83% of Ghanaians interviewed by this website are not keen on the former German youth midfielder’s expected return to the national team.
The Germany-born star shocked Ghanaians last November by retiring from the Black Stars citing health reasons, just over one year after switching nationality to play for the country of his father.
Several attempts to persuade him to return to the Black Stars failed with Boateng rejecting visits from Ghana officials in Milan in March.
Ghana FA chief Kwesi Nyantakyi also travelled to Milan to convince to rescind his decision but the erratic player stood his ground.
Now his midfielder’s closest friend Andre Dede Ayew has revealed that Boateng wants to the return to the Black Stars.
A survey conducted among 500 Ghanaians both male and female has shown that very few people are interested in his return.
83% of the respondents say he should not be accepted while 7% says he should be accepted with conditions.
The rest of the respondents think he would be an important addition to the Black Stars ahead of important international competitions such as the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations and 2014 World Cup.
Those who are opposed to Boateng’s return feel cheated over the way the midfielder treated Ghana as his career was going nowhere before he switched nationality to play for the Black Stars at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa .
Ghana’s performance in the tournament helped him to secure a lucrative move to AC Milan from relegated English side Portsmouth.
After twice rejecting the offer to return to the national team many Ghanaians are fed up with Boateng’s antics with some suspecting that with the 2014 World Cup around the corner, he is keen on returning for international fame.
“We don’t want Kevin Boateng back. The midfield is choked up. Very soon, our great Dede may not even be in the team, Nana Tuffuor wrote on Ghanaweb.
“We are having problems at the right back. Maybe we can train him to play defence.
Others also held similar views in their comments on the internet.
“The World Cup is just around the corner, Why NOT,” Jato asked sarcastically.
“We should not forget about Our Locals, add value to their talent and make them World Stars.
Kojo said: “WHY NOT? HE ONLY WANTS TO PLAY FOR GHANA AT THE WORLD CUP WHERE THE WORLD’S BEST ASSEMBLE.
“BUT TO HELL WITH CAF TOURNAMENTS. LET’S BE SMART TO KICK HIM OUT.”
Kwesi Agyemang added that “KPB can go to hell and play his heart out for a standing ovation. We are just okay without him and are a proud and happy country.”
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Yawa survey. KPB is one of the best players in the world and we will accept him the same way we accepted Asamoah Gyan.
The guy loves Ghana. Cant you people see he even has GHANA written on his arm. Let him come bak!
well he has to come down and play some of the qualifiers then.
To err is human, to forgive is divine. Let 4give, he may be a blessing for us
I think we should be patient untill we hear it from his own mouth that he want to rejoin GHANA BLACK STARS TEAM. So Ghanaians should hold their fire of comment.
If he still wants to play for the B/S, then fine we haven’t qualified for the WC yet as long as he does not mind playing in Africa. Just like Gyan was accepted back so should KPB. The GFA should accept him back if he wants to still play for Ghana because we have not qualified for anything yet and we will need everyone out there to help us qualify for the worldcup.
If he came after the qualifying then I will say forget it. All the noisy Ghanaian public should just Shhhhhhhhhhhhh. GFA should not at this time entertain any public survey or nonsense. If he shows up, let him play period.
We need him in our team now so let’s welcome him with open arms
Ghana must welcome MICHAEL ESSIEN, KEVIN PRINCE BOATENG, FRIMPONG (ARSENAL), SULLEY MUNTARI and ABAYIE OWUSU
masaa let him come we need quality players in de bstar gfa shd not take d@ alwfull sooo call survey…..we need kpb nd essien…. back…dey are duelly welcome
Ghana soccernet should check whatever the post on here to read.Why do you only say Ghana’s performance got him a move to AC Milan.It was his performance which got him there,besides it was Genoa who bought him from Portsmouth and only went on loan to AC Milan but his performance with them made the move a permanent one.we all love our country so lets say the right thing when we want to defend our country.We gave Essien and Gyan the chance to return so why not KVP.Too much of meat doesn’t spoil the soup.Remember a strong team is one with strong bench….
GSN, which Ghanaians said they didnt need KPB? Its sports journalists like you who are using your preconceptions to instigate and foment discord! Ghana needs world-class players like KPB who can help unlock a difficult game……….not simply youngsters who cannot even draw with a small deal like Liberia……..but come to give excuses. Will Brazil ever lose to Zambia or Liberia? Impossible!!!! We need all our world-class players: Essien, KPB, Muntari, Abayie, etc. Hence, “let bring them in, and not scatter”.
U re very right i don,t knw wh@ sme pple re talking about……everybody deserv a 2nd chance…..he who is not a sinner shd cast de first stone…..take it or leave it we still need quality players in bstars….his is wormlly welcome…
Please leave the guy alone. As long as Kwasi Appiah is the head coach of BS, I don’t even think he will fit into the team, cuz this is a guy who’s been trained not to hide his feelings, and I bet U guys, He will stand up to Akwesi Appiah and his boguso tactics…which leads us to fall to teams like Liberia etc. I bet we will lose in Malawi as well.