{"id":357884,"date":"2011-04-01T12:31:28","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T12:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/01\/ivorian-striker-ahmed-toure-pushes-for-ghana-switch\/"},"modified":"2011-04-01T12:31:28","modified_gmt":"2011-04-01T12:31:28","slug":"ivorian-striker-ahmed-toure-pushes-for-ghana-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/01\/ivorian-striker-ahmed-toure-pushes-for-ghana-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Ivorian Striker Ahmed Toure Pushes For Ghana Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"53\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- google_ad_section_start -->Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#8217;s most authoritative football news website.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/toure.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26362\" title=\"Ahmed Toure\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/425a0b4bure-300x180.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ahmed Toure wants to play for Ghana<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>By Patrick Akoto<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Asante Kotoko\u2019s Ivorian striker Ahmed Toure claims he is interested in switching allegiance to play for Ghana if the opportunity presents itself.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old has been sensational since he re-joined the club during the second-transfer window and he underlined his form during Kotoko 2-0 victory over arch-rivals Hearts of Oak in a Premier League match on 26 March.<\/p>\n<p>The ex- Africa Sports player is yet to earn a call-up from the Ivory Coast FA but says he would not baulk to play for African best ranked country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to play for Ghana. I love Ghana. Ghana is my second home. I will like to play for the Black Stars if I get the chance,\u201d Toure told the club\u2019s official newspaper, Asante Kotoko Express<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am a footballer. I believe I can perform for any team when I am given the chance. If Ghana gives me the chance, I will perform. I am sure about that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \n\n<div><\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<div><\/div>\n\n --><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/425a0b4bure-300x180.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Taken from:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ghanasoccernet.com\/2011\/04\/ivorian-striker-ahmed-toure-pushes-for-ghana-switch\/\" title=\"Ivorian Striker Ahmed Toure Pushes For Ghana Switch\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ivorian Striker Ahmed Toure Pushes For Ghana Switch<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#8217;s most authoritative football news website. Ahmed Toure wants to play for Ghana By Patrick Akoto Asante Kotoko\u2019s Ivorian striker Ahmed Toure claims he is interested in switching allegiance to play for Ghana if the opportunity presents itself. The 23-year-old has been sensational since he re-joined the club during the second-transfer window and he underlined his form during Kotoko 2-0 victory over arch-rivals Hearts of Oak in a Premier League match on 26 March<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-357884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ivorian Striker Ahmed Toure Pushes For Ghana Switch - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/01\/ivorian-striker-ahmed-toure-pushes-for-ghana-switch\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Ivorian Striker Ahmed Toure Pushes For Ghana Switch - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#039;s most authoritative football news website. 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