{"id":415739,"date":"2017-09-07T12:30:23","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T12:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/07\/black-stars-divided-into-npp-ndc-groups-boateng-gyan\/"},"modified":"2017-09-07T12:30:23","modified_gmt":"2017-09-07T12:30:23","slug":"black-stars-divided-into-npp-ndc-groups-boateng-gyan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/07\/black-stars-divided-into-npp-ndc-groups-boateng-gyan\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Stars divided into NPP, NDC groups &#8211; Boateng-Gyan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Thursday,  7 September 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GHANAsoccernet.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-09-07<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/93286216.295.jpg\" alt=\"Blackstars Win Epro\" title=\"Blackstars Win Epro\" width=\"295\" height=\"184\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Ghana Black Stars<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385178506\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385178506\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/1504787423_934_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Veteran football administrator Yaw Boateng-Gyan has alleged senior Black Stars players are sharply divided on political lines &#8211; among the ruling New Patriotic Party and opposition National Democratic Congress.<\/p>\n<p>The senior figure of the opposition National Democratic Congress claims captain Asamoah Gyan, the Ayew brothers, Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu and Mubarak Wakaso have nailed their colours to the mast.<\/p>\n<p>There have been widespread suspicion of massive division in the team which appears to have been escalated after the country&#8217;s unflattering campaign in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers.<\/p>\n<p>The Ayew brothers pulled out of the World Cup qualifying return leg against Congo while injured Gyan traveled with the team to Brazzaville as they toasted the home team 5-1 on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>But former Black Stars management committee member and Bofoakwa Tano chairman Yaw Boateng-Gyan has alleged the friction in the team has political undertone.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our boys in the national team including Asamoah Gyan, the Ayew brothers, my own nephew Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu (who has been overlooked) and Wakaso and the others must stop the politicization of the Black Stars,&#8221; he fumed<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If not, Kwesi Appiah should not call any of them. What I have heard is that my own nephew Asamoah Gyan calls President Akufo Addo because he is his friend.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Then Dede and his brother also call former President John Mahama. How can you play any productive football with these mindset?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You could clearly see the last time that they avoided passing the ball to each other. They are toiling with our heart!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is an iota of truth in what I am hearing and its best they put a stop to it. Politics is gaining roots in the national team.They are professionals and should leave the politics for us.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Even those of us who are engaged in politics and football administrations at the same time dont get the two mixed up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Politics and football rarely mix. In fact, perhaps the beauty of competitive sport in this day and age is the complete absence of political manoeuvre and personal societal gain.<\/p>\n<p>While elements of political gossip do still occasionally crop up in football, it is normally at board room level regarding off the pitch matters.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s believed asserting political beliefs divides an audience because there\u2019s a sense of apathy towards politics amongst the demographic of men who make it as professional footballers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; width: 60%; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/96124592.jpg\" style=\"padding-right:2px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">Courtesy of <b>GHANAsoccernet.com<\/b> &#8211; Ghana&#8217;s leading football news website. 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