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Ghana international Andre Ayew has disclosed he was shocked to have been left out of the Black Stars squad for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.<\/p>\n

The left-footed player said although he is not angry about it, the news came as a big disappointment to him since he was committed to make it to South Africa, despite his hamstring injury.<\/p>\n

Coach Kwesi Appiah excluded the Olympique Marseille winger from his final 23-man squad because he picked up an injury during training in France and failed to meet the reporting deadline in camp in Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n

However, the Fifa Under-20 World Cup winner has been explaining to French newspaper Le Phonceen that he had preferred to start treating his injury in France instead of a spot declaration which was made.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn Sunday evening, I was taking the plane to the selection, but I got the information at the last minute as I was told by the coach not to come,\u201d Ayew revealed.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was shocking. The coach based on the fact that he only wanted players [who are 100%], which is surprising because apparently there are a lot of casualties there.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cDiscipline I speak of, but they were aware that I would be late, discipline. I gave everything for the selection, so it is not easy to accept.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m not angry, I’m just disappointed. It made me know some people in the staff and federation.\u201d<\/p>\n

“Ghana is a big nation. There are things happening that are not normal, Kevin Prince Boateng issue shows that there are reasons,\u201d Ayew added.<\/p>\n

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The coach based on the fact that he only wanted players [who are 100%], which is surprising because apparently there are a lot of casualties there.\u201dHe added: \u201cDiscipline I speak of, but they were aware that I would be late, discipline. …<\/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-5777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\nDede Ayew Breaks Silence - 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\/2013\/01\/18\/dede-ayew-breaks-silence\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Dede Ayew Breaks Silence - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Ghana international Andre Ayew has disclosed he was shocked to have been left out of the Black Stars squad for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.The left-footed player said although he is not angry about it, the news came as a big disappointment to him since he was committed to make it to South Africa, despite his hamstring injury.Coach Kwesi Appiah excluded the Olympique Marseille winger from his final 23-man squad because he picked up an injury during training in France and failed to meet the reporting deadline in camp in Abu Dhabi.However, the Fifa Under-20 World Cup winner has been explaining to French newspaper Le Phonceen that he had preferred to start treating his injury in France instead of a spot declaration which was made.\u201cOn Sunday evening, I was taking the plane to the selection, but I got the information at the last minute as I was told by the coach not to come,\u201d Ayew revealed.\u201cIt was shocking. 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