You can't make Kudus captain when Jordan Ayew is present - Prince Tagoe fires Otto Addo

Former Black Stars striker, Prince Tagoe, has blamed the alleged disunity in the team on the failure of coach Otto Addo and the management committee to ensure a smooth transition of the captaincy role.

The Black Stars have been hit with another captaincy row after it emerged that forward Jordan Ayew was not pleased with Otto Addo’s decision to give the role to West Ham United forward Mohammed Kudus.

Reports indicate that Jordan Ayew believed that as the seniormost member of the team, he deserved the role, especially when deputy skipper Thomas Partey was absent and second deputy Alexandre Djiku was bypassed for supposed disciplinary reasons.

Speaking on Angel FM, the former Hearts of Oak striker bemoaned the penchant of the team handlers to court what he deems unnecessary controversy.

Prince Tagoe stated that Jordan Ayew should have been given the role as that would have ensured some peace and unity in the team.

“You can't give the captaincy to Kudus when Jordan is present in the team. You don't do that. Kudus is a very good player, but you need to be patient and allow his time to come before you give him the captaincy.

“When you do it at the right time, you will feel the impact and he will feel well. The confusion in the team takes its root from all those things and it's the major problem we must tackle. We must look at the captaincy issue,” he said.

In the aftermath of the first leg of Ghana’s doubleheader against Sudan in the 2025 AFCON qualifiers, Jordan Ayew was spotted expressing frustrations during a conversation with Sudan’s Ghanaian coach, Kwasi Appiah, and it emerged that Jordan Ayew was venting his anger over the decision to bypass him for the captaincy role.

According to Dan Kwaku Yeboah of Peace FM, Jordan Ayew was not happy with the development and made it known to Kwasi Appiah.

"One of his (Jordan Ayew's) concerns was that they told him he would captain the team. But he was not informed that the captaincy was being handed to Kudus. Kwasi Appiah was asked to speak to him because he was angry," he said.

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