{"id":273965,"date":"2011-01-14T14:07:05","date_gmt":"2011-01-14T14:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=47360"},"modified":"2011-01-14T14:07:05","modified_gmt":"2011-01-14T14:07:05","slug":"ghana-close-to-securing-nationality-switch-for-two-foreign-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/14\/ghana-close-to-securing-nationality-switch-for-two-foreign-players\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana Close To Securing Nationality Switch For Two Foreign Players"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>World Cup quarter-finalists Ghana are inching closer to securing the nationality switch of two players of Ghanaian heritage.<br \/>\nNorway-born  Ghanaian goalkeeper Adam Larsen Kwarasey and Leeds United winger Lloyd  Sam are being pursued by the 16th best football country in the world to  augment their squad before and during the 2012-13 African Nations Cup.<br \/>\nThe  23-year-old goalkeeper has secured a Ghanaian passport that could  facilitate his nationality switch but more paper work is stalling the  process.<br \/>\nThe Ghana FA vice-president Fred Pappoe told Goal.com  the FA is working on four players at the moment but the two are more  probable to switch in no time.<br \/>\n\u201cWe\u2019re closed to two \u2013 Adam  Kwarasey and Lloyd Sam. But one or two others we are still trying to  talk to them. With respect to Adams and Sam we\u2019re still gathering the  necessary paper work,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nBoth have featured at the junior level of their countries of residence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World Cup quarter-finalists Ghana are inching closer to securing the nationality switch of two players of Ghanaian heritage. Norway-born Ghanaian goalkeeper Adam Larsen Kwarasey and Leeds United winger Lloyd Sam are being pursued by the 16th best football country in the world to augment their squad before and during the 2012-13 African Nations Cup. 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