Ghana coach and players delighted over Kevin Boateng's message to Black Stars
Posted On Saturday, 26th January 2013
Emmanuel Agyemang Badu (left), Derek Boateng (middle) and coach Kwesi Appiah at Saturday's press conference
Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah and players have welcomed the congratulatory message from Kevin-Prince Boateng in the wake of their heroics at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa.
The AC Milan ace, who resigned from the Black Stars in November 2011, took to the micro-blogging website Twitter to express his delight after watching the team beat Mali 1-0 last Thursday.
The hard-fought victory put the little-fancied Black Stars on the cusp of qualification for the quarter finals of Africa’s flagship football competition.
“Congrats to Ghana Black Stars!!! Very good performance against Mali,” Boateng, who plays for Italian giants AC Milan, wrote.
Appiah, who was the Black Stars assistant coach when Boateng resigned from the national, is happy to see the Germany-born star expressing affection for the country of his father.
Boateng switched nationality to play Ghana before the 2010 World Cup and his decision to quit the national team shocked Ghanaians before his association with the Black Stars hugely boosted his career, securing him the big money move to AC Milan.
Coach Appiah unsuccessfully attempted to convince Boateng to return to the Black Stars fold and has warmly received the congratulatory message from Boateng.
“It is nice to hear. I have not even heard this. Actually, I don’t even know how this tweeting thing but it is good that players who not involved are showing concern,” Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah said when asked about Boateng’s tweet.
“I also keep saying it is about Ghana so once he is Ghanaian and showing support is well appreciated.”
Midfielder Derek Boateng, who played with the former Germany international at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, is also delighted that Kevin is following the progress of the Black Stars
“We are very happy that he is still supporting the nation because he has a lot of good friends in the team and we supported him when he was playing with us,” the FC Dnipro player said.
“We know that he will never forget the country and we are wishing him well and we are very happy and he should keep on supporting the nation.”
Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu, who was at the press conference, nodded in approval to Kevin Boateng’s message.
Source: MTNFootball.com
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The current team is solid but certainly not a finished products, the midfield is young but good, this shows in the final third,we can’t produce that killer pass, this is where the experience of Essien or Muntari and to some extend Kevin-Prince Boateng will be useful,so we draft them into the team for the world cup qualifiers.Obviously we have the Ayews to come,which brings us to our strike force,Gyan doesn’t look the part.WE have to give everyone the chance to prove their worth ‘COS WE NEED STRIKERS,POTENT STRIKERS, Adiyiah,Osei,Waris,Clottey,Jordan,Boakye Yiadom,Mahatma Otoo, am sure we can find strikers who really knows where the goal is.
he is just flirting to get back to the team towards the world cup.please no.
u said it
absolutely right.
Hope Black Star staff knows it, but im not sure
nice to hear nd we also wish him the best of luck take it or leave it he is a ghanaian……d@ alone will inspaired em nd hopefully he will be available for wc qualifies…….i think is a very gudnews nd we will come all of the likes of kelvin,essien,muntari,de ayew brothers,bellarabi, damsey nd frimpond……@ list he shows patrotic….he is welcome back.
9c 2 ds 4rm hm.i tnk d coach shuld leav d door open 4 evry player.
No no no, he see the world cup ahead, Germany wont take him so he trying to mess with us now, no no no.
If these guy comes back i will say ghanaians are fools,cos he does nt respect us,and those who wish for his come back are stupid
Viper av said everything proving dat he is such a genius, like u very much.idiami or wat ever ur name is shld be careful wit wat u say 4rom ur stink called “mouth”.u shld rada be stupid! Y? Cos u don’t wan’t quality plyrs 2 rescue stars 4rom shame. Wait n see dis afcon best 4 where stars wil strugle 4 a position.the squard is young n gud alright but can’t compete in when de game comes 2 bottleneck.mumu presidoo u r.
let welcome him back bcs is good player.
kevin has his reasons to quit de stars,let us not take dis message as a way to win de hrt of Ghanaians. i pray de coach lives his doors open to all
nice talk from Boateng.