Award-winning sports broadcaster, Patrick Osei Agyemang, popularly known as Countryman Songo has slammed the Ghana Football Association [GFA], President, Kurt Okraku after visiting Mohammed Salisu.
Mr. Okraku who has been in Europe visited the Southampton centre back to discuss the possibility of playing for the national team.
According to the ‘Fire-for-Fire’ host, Mr. Okraku’s meeting with Salisu was unwarranted, adding that such meeting should be the preserve of the national team coach and not the President.
“What has the FA President got to offer us that he met Salisu and tried to convince him to play for the Black Stars. Has the boy told him he would not play for the Black Stars?
“Their ways of selecting players and taking documents from players to compromise them to play, that is what they have to stop.”
“When was the last time the Black Stars won a match, you celebrate things you don’t have to celebrate. Is the FA President the one to call players?”, he asked.
During the meeting with FA President, Salisu said many players would like to play for Ghana but was quick to add that football authorities are the problem.
“The problem is, everything is done with you [referring to football authorities]. Without you, things don’t work. Hope you understand my point,” he said.
“As for players, they abound. But the issue [which makes players shy away from call-ups] lies with you [authorities].”
Salisu is currently one of the best young players in Europe, having made an impressive start to the season at Southampton.
The former Real Valladolid defender is expected to make the Black Stars squad for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations [AFCON] squad next month and the 2022 World Cup squad after turning down several call ups, citing personal reasons.
Source: Modern Ghana