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Posted On Monday, 10th December 2012<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sulley Muntari is confident he will play for Ghana at next year’s Nations Cup<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Sulley Muntari has dismissed reports that he\u2019s been omitted from the Ghana squad for next year\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The AC Milan star is yet to kick a ball this season after he suffered a serious knee injury in June.<\/p>\n

The 28-year-old is losing the battle to be fully fit in time for the continental showpiece with growing reports that he\u2019s been axed from the final squad.<\/p>\n

Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah is expected to name a provisional 25-man squad on Thursday but it\u2019s widely believed the former Sunderland man will not make the cut due to his inability to recover in time.<\/p>\n

But Muntari has issued a statement on Monday to pour cold water on the rumuors by \u00a0insisting he remains in the plans of the Ghana trainer.<\/p>\n

\u2018I\u2019m feeling really good and with God\u2019s will I hope to be back playing with AC Milan again next week,\u201d Muntari said<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to thank everyone for their support during this time of my comeback.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m working really hard and intend to be fully ready to\u00a0fulfil\u00a0my duties for my country for the AFCON 2013.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Ghana FA has not made a firm decision yet on any player, but as far as I know I am still in strong contention for a place in the team.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u00a0I can\u2019t wait to get back into it and I want to give my contribution to the team.\u2019<\/p>\n

Muntari is an important member of the Ghana squad as his experienced will be required to help the country end a 31-year wait for an African title.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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The 28-year-old is losing the battle to be fully fit in time for the continental showpiece with growing reports that he\u2019s been axed from the final squad<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-238124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-business"],"yoast_head":"\nMuntari Dismisses Reports He\u2019s Been Axed From Ghana Squad - 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\/2012\/12\/10\/muntari-dismisses-reports-hes-been-axed-from-ghana-squad\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Muntari Dismisses Reports He\u2019s Been Axed From Ghana Squad - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Posted On Monday, 10th December 2012 Sulley Muntari is confident he will play for Ghana at next year's Nations Cup Sulley Muntari has dismissed reports that he\u2019s been omitted from the Ghana squad for next year\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations. 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