I’d never choose Germany over Ghana’ – Ofosu Ayeh

Ghana defender Ofosu-Ayeh has revealed that playing for the Black Stars was an honour and he would gladly choose the four-time African champions over Germany on any day, if he had to make the decision again.

The Germany-born right-back made only one appearance for Ghana, his debut appearance in the friendly against Canada in October 2015. Ofosu-Ayeh endured two bench roles with the Black Stars in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers against Comoros in November 2015.

Despite his short stint in the Black Stars, Ofosu-Ayeh says he has never regretted his decision to play for Ghana. He has urged young Ghanaian footballers born in the diaspora to listen to their hearts when deciding on a prospective nationality switch.

“You have to listen to your heart. Just decide based on what yout heart is telling you. If I had to choose between Germany and Ghana, I would always choose Ghana but can’t tell you why. When I see the culture in Ghana, I see the people are happier when they watch football. If I can be part of this and make people happy, I’d choose Ghana,” Ofosu-Ayeh told Accra based Happy FM.

The former Eintracht Braunschweig backliner is hoping Ghana gets a strong squad for the Qatar 2022 tournament after securing qualification past Nigeria.

“Yeah I tried to follow every match. That was a very big game (against Nigeria). Ghana was a bit unlucky in the past few years but I’m happy our country made it back (to the World Cup). I’m just hoping that we stick together and get a good Black Stars squad there (to the World Cup).”

The GFA is tracking seven players including Callum Hudson-Odoi, Salisu Mohammed, Ansgar Knauff, Eddie Nketiah, Tariq Lamptey and Inaki Williams and his brother Nico Williams as key players to represent Ghana at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

The 30-year-old recently made a return for Halmstad BK after an 11-month injury lay-off and has made 4 Superettan appearances for the 4th placed Swedish Division one League club, seeking promotion to the top flight.