Selecting captains of Black Stars should not be based on seniority – Sola Ayew

Former Ghana International Sola Ayew has stated that selecting a captain for the Senior National team should not be solely based on seniority.

According to him, captaincy should be reserved for players with great leadership skills.

The Technical team of the senior national team, the Black Stars, upon a broad consultation, has maintained Swansea City attacker Andre Ayew as Captain of the side after leading Ghana to the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt. He will be assisted by Thomas Teye Partey and Richard Ofori.

But since the announcement people have suggested that the position should have been given to senior players like Mubarak Wakaso and John Boye.

But Sola Ayew, who is the uncle of Dede believes that the system used to appoint captains of the Black Stars should be changed.

“The country has suffered for far too long with regards to captaincy issues. I have followed Black Stars for long and you will realise our leadership was selected based on seniority.

“But I think it’s time we change it. I think the current FA should make consultations about it. At times we go to certain games without our substantive captain as a result of maybe his age. We should look at that side, ” he told Hello FM.