2026 World Cup: NPP MP rejects calls for Eddie Nketiah and Hudson-Odoi's inclusion

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.... 1 month ago

First time I concur with this guy...those "store reject guys " should be called after the world cup..simple

First time I concur with this guy...those "store reject guys " should be called after the world cup..simple
Kwame King 1 month ago

I am forming an advocacy right now to fight demonstrate against any attempt to bring in any player who has declined to play for Ghana before to considered in this team. To hell with such attempts. Who should cook for opportun ...
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I am forming an advocacy right now to fight demonstrate against any attempt to bring in any player who has declined to play for Ghana before to considered in this team. To hell with such attempts. Who should cook for opportunists to rush abd come and advertise himself on the big platform. To hell with anyone technical team member who is thinking in direction. Such an idiocy will not happen today, tomorrow or any day.
Saul 1 month ago

I agree with the mp. Secondly Ghana and the coach cannot take out Inaki Williams who snubbed Spain to play for Ghana

I agree with the mp. Secondly Ghana and the coach cannot take out Inaki Williams who snubbed Spain to play for Ghana
MATHIAS 1 month ago

FOR ONCE I VERY MUCH AGREE WITH YOU .EDDY NKETIA SHOULD STAY IN HIS CORNER . HE SHOULD NOT BE INVITED TO JOIN THE BLACKSTARS AT THIS STAGE FOR THE WORLD CUP.

FOR ONCE I VERY MUCH AGREE WITH YOU .EDDY NKETIA SHOULD STAY IN HIS CORNER . HE SHOULD NOT BE INVITED TO JOIN THE BLACKSTARS AT THIS STAGE FOR THE WORLD CUP.
Kwame King 1 month ago

We gave sane opportunity Inaki Williams against Afina Gyan and what was the results? Nothing good to write home about. For the four years he has been playing for us he can only boast of 1 goal against Afena Gyan's 4 goals in ...
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We gave sane opportunity Inaki Williams against Afina Gyan and what was the results? Nothing good to write home about. For the four years he has been playing for us he can only boast of 1 goal against Afena Gyan's 4 goals in about 4 matches. No consideration for non patriots who only exploit our stupidity for sole their selfish interest. No one should dare try bringing in any European kid to come and steal from our patriotic indigenes.
Otto Fister 1 month ago

Assafuah is on point..

Assafuah is on point..
PK 1 month ago

I fully support you. Respect for sacrifice is paramount. It takes passion and desire, not talent alone to achieve positive goals.

I fully support you. Respect for sacrifice is paramount. It takes passion and desire, not talent alone to achieve positive goals.
@RealNapo 1 month ago

Nkwasisfoa do you remember 2010 when we were all jubilating with Kevin Prince Boateng? For Christ sake these boys are Ghanaians and let us take advantage. Doing well at the world stage increases our profile as a football nati ...
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Nkwasisfoa do you remember 2010 when we were all jubilating with Kevin Prince Boateng? For Christ sake these boys are Ghanaians and let us take advantage. Doing well at the world stage increases our profile as a football nation and let us take advantage. Currently our Black's Stars gives heart attack all 90mins every match and we need to augment the team with the quality available. This MP doesn't think and always not looking at the best interests for Ghana. Some will bamboo, others need to chop to make Ghana proud. Otto Addo bring these boys on board to save your job and give us the Jama we crave for.
Watching 1 month ago

Wat have they exhibited to show that they are Ghanaians
They haven’t even done a nationality switch
We are not small boys and idiots Nketia knows that if he doesn’t get into the World Cup he will be too old for the nex ...
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Wat have they exhibited to show that they are Ghanaians
They haven’t even done a nationality switch
We are not small boys and idiots Nketia knows that if he doesn’t get into the World Cup he will be too old for the next one
Meanwhile I don’t see any extra ordinary talent exhibited by nketia
Popo 1 month ago

Anyone resisting the inclusion of quality to the team is not smart and not a proper football fan

Anyone resisting the inclusion of quality to the team is not smart and not a proper football fan

Ghanaman 1 month ago

Stop your nonsense! Didn't Kwame Nkrumah toil for some of you to come and steal our hard earned resources. Concentrate on your plans as a Ghanaian politician to steal our monies and leave football matters to the true honest G ...
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Stop your nonsense! Didn't Kwame Nkrumah toil for some of you to come and steal our hard earned resources. Concentrate on your plans as a Ghanaian politician to steal our monies and leave football matters to the true honest Ghanaians!
Dondon 1 month ago

The final decision lies with the coach, leave him to do his job. Otto should forget all these people making noise and stick to his choices, the people saying don't call Eddie and Odoi are the same people if the boys they want ...
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The final decision lies with the coach, leave him to do his job. Otto should forget all these people making noise and stick to his choices, the people saying don't call Eddie and Odoi are the same people if the boys they want you to take to US don't deliver will call for your head, don't listen to them
Mantle 1 month ago

A word to the wise

A word to the wise
TG 1 month ago

Eddie Nketiah & Hudson Odoi we can include you after the World Cup... AFCON 2027 Qualifiers if you wanna come then by all means but World Cup we don't need you!!!!

Eddie Nketiah & Hudson Odoi we can include you after the World Cup... AFCON 2027 Qualifiers if you wanna come then by all means but World Cup we don't need you!!!!
Youth 1 month ago

Nketia and Odoi rejected us whilst chasing the Three Lions for acceptance. Now that they are convinced the English don’t need them they want to join the Black Stars. We don’t need any store rejects so those who toiled for ...
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Nketia and Odoi rejected us whilst chasing the Three Lions for acceptance. Now that they are convinced the English don’t need them they want to join the Black Stars. We don’t need any store rejects so those who toiled for our qualification must be considered first and foremost.In any case non of them is better than the players we have in camp so they should go and pack themselves somewhere. NONSENSE!!!
Benjilo: Ghana Needs Nketia 1 month ago

It is true that some players brought us this far, but we need improvements. Black Stars current need a clinical finisher like Eddie Nketia. Samenyo is good but has been a disappointment at the Black Stars. He cannot take us f ...
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It is true that some players brought us this far, but we need improvements. Black Stars current need a clinical finisher like Eddie Nketia. Samenyo is good but has been a disappointment at the Black Stars. He cannot take us far in the world cup. We all saw the value Kevin Prince Boateng added to the Black Stars world cup squard. As for the other guy called Odoi I am not sure. But we surely need a quality striker like Nketia.
COD 1 month ago

@Benjilo: Eddie Nketiah is no quality striker out there comparatively.
Inviting Nketiah & Odoi will surely create deep misgivings in the Black Stars camp because the duo were invited but disrespectfully rejected us.
Hudson ...
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@Benjilo: Eddie Nketiah is no quality striker out there comparatively.
Inviting Nketiah & Odoi will surely create deep misgivings in the Black Stars camp because the duo were invited but disrespectfully rejected us.
Hudson-Odoi was even at the Akuffo Addo`s presidential office, remember?
Though he was busy digging the World`s most expensive trench in Ghana at the time.
Popo 1 month ago

Which black star striker at the moment is better than Eddie

Which black star striker at the moment is better than Eddie
Raphael Abeam US 1 month ago

Those two players should not be allowed to join the black stars team to the world cup

Those two players should not be allowed to join the black stars team to the world cup
Asakramitoga 1 month ago

We don't need them. Ghanaians will resit any attempt to invite these mercenay footballers. This is not the time for monkey de work baboon de chop. They should stay with their pay masters or join the Stars after the world cup

We don't need them. Ghanaians will resit any attempt to invite these mercenay footballers. This is not the time for monkey de work baboon de chop. They should stay with their pay masters or join the Stars after the world cup

Charles 1 month ago

A country is a poor country not only because they don't have money but because they also have poor thinkers,. Countries like UK even uses athletes born in America to represent them because they just need people to win medals, ...
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A country is a poor country not only because they don't have money but because they also have poor thinkers,. Countries like UK even uses athletes born in America to represent them because they just need people to win medals,Bahrain uses Kenyan athletes who weren't Arabs nor benefited from Bahrain but still represented Bahrain to win gold medals. All countries are using every means to win,whether they were in qualifiers or not but a farmer thinker in Ghana thinks Ghana shouldn't use every means that's every player that has pedigree to help Ghana perform but thinking like a proper farmer. While the minister Kofi Adams is making sense because even Brazil now uses a foreign coach,another app dimwits doesn't care about winning but about farm principles .Awurade
Kenneth County 1 month ago

"A COUNTRY IS A POOR COUNTRY; NOT BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT RIICH; BUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE POOR THINKERS..." I think there's is a huge element of truth in this your assertion. Such poor thinking can have detrimental effect on the ...
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"A COUNTRY IS A POOR COUNTRY; NOT BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT RIICH; BUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE POOR THINKERS..." I think there's is a huge element of truth in this your assertion. Such poor thinking can have detrimental effect on the development of a country across the board.
Watching 1 month ago

Just seeing someone compete for another country doesn’t mean we should do same
The catchword for any sportsman should be PATRIOTISM and COMMITMENT
KP boateng was a disaster for blackstars compared with wat Jerome did for ...
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Just seeing someone compete for another country doesn’t mean we should do same
The catchword for any sportsman should be PATRIOTISM and COMMITMENT
KP boateng was a disaster for blackstars compared with wat Jerome did for Germany
Raspopo 1 month ago

Who are u?? Massa stay away

Who are u?? Massa stay away
Good Citizen 1 month ago

I side with you Mr. MP this time around, but even here I know you are saying this because the suggestion is coming from an NDC minister. If Kofi Adams had suggested otherwise you would have opted for their inclusion, because ...
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I side with you Mr. MP this time around, but even here I know you are saying this because the suggestion is coming from an NDC minister. If Kofi Adams had suggested otherwise you would have opted for their inclusion, because you are chief opposition.
Cake 1 month ago

First time you made sense, I agree with you

First time you made sense, I agree with you
Frank 1 month ago

Well said. When Hhana needed the two players they opted to play for England. It would be unfair to include them in the national team when local breed players are available.
They rejected Ghana and now we dont need them in th ...
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Well said. When Hhana needed the two players they opted to play for England. It would be unfair to include them in the national team when local breed players are available.
They rejected Ghana and now we dont need them in the world cup team
Nana 1 month ago

This is not politics please, any available Ghanaian who performed well can be called for the world cup, it doesn't matter who played the qualifiers or not. Those who played the qualifiers have been paid and the qualifier is o ...
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This is not politics please, any available Ghanaian who performed well can be called for the world cup, it doesn't matter who played the qualifiers or not. Those who played the qualifiers have been paid and the qualifier is over. Now we start afresh. Every Ghanaian player will have equal chance if you are in good form.
We are grateful for those who played the qualifiers, they did Ghana proud but they were paid for Thier services. They didn't do it for free so now that the qualifier is over, we start again with the best and in form players. That's how it works.
Kymani Coleman 1 month ago

Mo gyimii nó..Are you the coach?If the coach invites them,who are you to go against it?They are Ghanaians too

Mo gyimii nó..Are you the coach?If the coach invites them,who are you to go against it?They are Ghanaians too
Kwaa Ananse 1 month ago

That's common sense. Thank you for educating the ndc minister that common sense is not common.

That's common sense. Thank you for educating the ndc minister that common sense is not common.

Vigilante 1 month ago

New talents are welcome. But the old talents like Odoi and Nketia who took us as second option should also be taken as second options. It's simple!! After all, they would've been playing for England if they were that good.

New talents are welcome. But the old talents like Odoi and Nketia who took us as second option should also be taken as second options. It's simple!! After all, they would've been playing for England if they were that good.
Victor Tieku 1 month ago

The same old Ghanaian/ African loyalty! A national team going to the World Cup should take the Martins best players who are fit and in form. When it’s time to choose that’s when considerations should be made. It shouldn� ...
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The same old Ghanaian/ African loyalty! A national team going to the World Cup should take the Martins best players who are fit and in form. When it’s time to choose that’s when considerations should be made. It shouldn’t matter who helped first or wants to play later. The main wants to win with her sons!! Do decisions were made earlier that wasn’t favorable for the coach, what were the reasons the son’s gave? We have to also work on the national teams past neglect of internationals who played and were later discarded.
There are reasons why players have a hard time choosing.
It shouldn’t matter to the nation and the coach.

It’s about form and fitness period!!!!
We want to win!!!
Ade Ebimomi 1 month ago

I'm a Nigerian and I support what this MP says. Nobody who wasn't part of the Qualifiers struggle of sweat and blood should be considered to come abd replace who those who were. At best, new entrants should only come to compl ...
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I'm a Nigerian and I support what this MP says. Nobody who wasn't part of the Qualifiers struggle of sweat and blood should be considered to come abd replace who those who were. At best, new entrants should only come to complement the team that is already in place, not come and take anyone's position. And who says foreign based players are better than home-based players anyway? Our Nigerian team comprises totally exclusively foreign-based players and look where it's got us - a playoff with less than 10% of success. Look at South Africa and Cape Verde on the other hand. Their teams comprise of exclusively home-based players and they have been playing fantastic football and will go to the World Cup to make Africa proud. We expect Ghana to do same with the crop of players that got you the ticket.

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