Eddie Nketiah’s father not ready to allow his son play for Ghana
2 min readThe Uncle of Eddie Nketiah, Vincent Owusu has disclosed that, the Arsenal forward is not likely to switch allegiance to Ghana due to poor structures at the Ghana Football Association.
The Football governing body of the West African country sent a congratulatory message to Eddie Nketiah after helping the Gunners to clinch their 14th FA Cup in a 2-1 win over Chelsea.
Reports were rife that the Ghana FA have commenced talks with the player to represent Ghana despite playing for England at the Under-21 level.
Nketiah’s Uncle confirmed that Ghana FA president Kurt Okraku has initiated with the 21-year-old over a possible switch to play for the Ghana Black Stars.
But according to Nketiah’s uncle, the player’s father has rejected the calls, citing poor structure at the Ghana FA.
“There has been so many discussions with the GFA during Nyantakyi’s era and now as to my nephew to play for the Ghana national team, we cannot say that our boy should come and play for Ghana due to the incorrect structures at the GFA, ” he told Wontumi Radio.
“I’ve even discussed with his father as to whether his boy should consider playing for Ghana but he was uncertain with his decision, he even made some examples of Quincy Abeyie, KP Boateng and co by saying if you get a little issue in Ghana you will be lost into thin air so for him the boy should decide for himself,
“We last time asked the player (Eddie), will he play for Ghana BUT he told us when he compares England and Ghana with the structures both have putting up it’s not the same.
“England is too far ahead so when he considers playing for Ghana, it will affect his career because of him changing from Arsenal to Leads and back to Arsenal, he wants to concentrate on securing his place in the Arsenal team, he wouldn’t add that burden because he is too young for that BUT when he thinks it’s time for him to take such decision he will but not now”
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