Former Gfa Boss Wants Essien Axed From Black Stars

Nyaho Tamakloe wants Michael Essien sacked from Ghana national team

Former Ghana FA chairman Nyaho Tamakloe is calling for the expulsion of Chelsea ace Michael Essien from the national team claiming the Black Stars are better without him.

Essien suffered massive backlash after requesting to prolong his return to the international duty last month.

Media reports claimed the midfielder would re-join the World Cup quarter-finalists for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier at Congo, Brazzaville on 26 March and a friendly against England three days later.

But Tamakloe believes the current administrators of the sport should call off the bluff of the 27-year-old.

He told the state-owned Graphic Sports: “No one is indispensable in any field of endeavour, including football. We must be courageous to call the bluff of those who seek to hold us to ransom.

”[Michael] Essien, in particular, has shown little commitment to the cause of the Black Stars. It is high time we forgot about him.

”After all, it is when someone leaves that new talents emerge-as it happened in the case of Mohammed Polo when he bounced onto the scene as a small boy in the 1970s.

”It was the exposure that Ghana gave him as an Under-17 in 1999 that has ultimately yielded a career in Europe. If he is unwilling to reciprocate the gesture, or believes he has finished paying his due, let’s leave him alone.”