{"id":436998,"date":"2017-11-14T06:27:37","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T06:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/11\/14\/kwarasey-playing-hide-and-seek-with-ghana-kwesi-appiah\/"},"modified":"2017-11-14T06:27:37","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T06:27:37","slug":"kwarasey-playing-hide-and-seek-with-ghana-kwesi-appiah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/14\/kwarasey-playing-hide-and-seek-with-ghana-kwesi-appiah\/","title":{"rendered":"Kwarasey playing &#8216;hide and seek&#8217; with Ghana &#8211; Kwesi Appiah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/36678313.295.jpg\" alt=\"Adam Kwarasey23\" title=\"Adam Kwarasey23\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Kwarasey has played 16 games for the Black Stars<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151057539911396\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151057539911396\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1510640857_775_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Black Stars head coach Kwesi Appiah has shockingly revealed that Adam Larsen Kwarasey is doing everything possible to avoid playing for the national team.<\/p>\n<p>The Norwegian born Ghanaian shot-stopper was last named in Ghana\u2019s 2-0 defeat to the Pharoah\u2019s of Egypt in 2016 under the leadership of Avram Grant.<\/p>\n<p>Despite racking up 16 caps for the Black Stars over a period of five years, his time with the team was persistently dogged by controversy especially during the Brazil 2014 World Cup where reports emerged that skipper Asamoah Gyan and defender John Boye allegedly wanted him benched over his lack of command over any of Ghana\u2019s local dialects.<\/p>\n<p>It was also later alleged that Kwarasey had taken an entrenched position against then goalkeeper\u2019s trainer Nasam Yakubu over what he believed were sub par and outmoded methods of training.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Kumasi based Nhyira FM, Kwesi Appiah, disclosed that bringing Kwarasey back into the fold has been a major priority of his since taking over but to no avail.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no single call-up where I don\u2019t consider Adam Kwarasey. \u201cI talked to him and asked Richard Kingson to take it up from there. \u201cWhenever it is almost time for call-ups he makes excuses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo player should feel bigger than Ghana,Ghana is bigger than any player,\u201d he indicated.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kwarasey has played 16 games for the Black Stars Black Stars head coach Kwesi Appiah has shockingly revealed that Adam Larsen Kwarasey is doing everything possible to avoid playing for the national team. 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