{"id":1082607,"date":"2022-05-10T14:16:21","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T14:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/05\/10\/nketiah-and-hudson-odoi-set-to-switch-international-allegiances-to-ghana\/"},"modified":"2022-05-10T14:16:21","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T14:16:21","slug":"nketiah-and-hudson-odoi-set-to-switch-international-allegiances-to-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/05\/10\/nketiah-and-hudson-odoi-set-to-switch-international-allegiances-to-ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"Nketiah and Hudson-Odoi &#8216;set to switch international allegiances to Ghana&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"424\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image_2022-05-10_130946554.png\"   alt=\"Mirror.co.uk\" title=\"Callum Hudson-Odoi and Eddie Nketiah will soon confirm their Ghana switch\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Callum Hudson-Odoi and Eddie Nketiah will soon confirm their Ghana switch<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Eddie Nketiah and Callum Hudson-Odoi appear to give up on their England chances as they are reportedly set to switch allegiances to Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>The Arsenal striker leads the England Under-21 side\u2019s all-time scoring list, while Chelsea winger Hudson-Odoi made three appearances for the senior team back in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Football.London\u00a0though have stated that both players have been persuaded to switch allegiances to Ghana \u2013 in a boost for the African nation ahead of this year\u2019s World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Nketiah, who has scored four goals in his last four Premier League appearances, has previously made 17 appearances for the England Under-21 set-up.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Despite scoring 16 goals at Under-21 level, he has yet to secure an international cap for the senior squad.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hudson-Odoi, meanwhile, has made competitive appearances for Gareth Southgate\u2019s squad when he was still a teenager, during the qualifiers for Euro 2020.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A FIFA rule change in September 2020 allows players with no more than three caps to change their allegiance if those caps came before their 21st birthday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Should both men officially make the switch, it will boost their chances of playing at this year\u2019s World Cup in Qatar.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana qualified for the tournament and will play in a group alongside Portugal, Uruguay and South Korea.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While England are stacked in forward positions, it would still come as a blow to Southgate, who will have a slightly smaller pool of players to choose from.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At club level, both men have not had the easiest of times for their respective clubs this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nketiah made just three short cameo appearances in Arsenal\u2019s opening 20 league games of the season.<\/p>\n<p>He made his first league start in the 1-0 defeat to Southampton and has started every game since.<\/p>\n<p>His braces against former sides Chelsea and Leeds have helped put Arsenal in a commanding position to qualify for next season\u2019s Champions League.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hudson-Odoi has made 28 appearances in all competitions, scoring three goals and providing six assists.<\/p>\n<p>However, he has been out of action since January with an achilles tendon injury.<\/p>\n<p>Hudson-Odoi caused controversy when he turned down the opportunity to play for the England Under-21 team last year, so that he could focus on fighting for his place at Chelsea.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"918BeU4f3dw\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Adom TV News (9-5-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/918BeU4f3dw?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Callum Hudson-Odoi and Eddie Nketiah will soon confirm their Ghana switch Eddie Nketiah and Callum Hudson-Odoi appear to give up on their England chances as they are reportedly set to switch allegiances to Ghana. 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