{"id":1148551,"date":"2022-07-13T20:26:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T20:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/13\/black-stars-is-different-you-can-switch-and-re-switch-its-beautiful-but-can-be-rough-muntari-cautions-inaki-williams-lamptey-co\/"},"modified":"2022-07-13T20:26:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T20:26:00","slug":"black-stars-is-different-you-can-switch-and-re-switch-its-beautiful-but-can-be-rough-muntari-cautions-inaki-williams-lamptey-co","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/13\/black-stars-is-different-you-can-switch-and-re-switch-its-beautiful-but-can-be-rough-muntari-cautions-inaki-williams-lamptey-co\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Black Stars Is Different, You Can Switch And Re-switch . . . It&#8217;s Beautiful But Can Be Rough&#8217; &#8211; Muntari Cautions Inaki Williams, Lamptey &#038; Co\u00a0 |"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The former Inter Milan star has told the foreign-born stars who recently switched allegiance that there will be no guarantees into World Cup places.<\/p>\n<p>Veteran Ghana midfielder Sulley Muntari has advised the foreign-born stars who switched allegiance to the Black Stars last week not to expect a direct entry into the team ahead of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.<\/p>\n<p>Athletic Bilbao forward Inaki Williams, Southampton\u2019s Mohammed Salisu, Brighton &#038; Hove Albion\u2019s Tariq Lamptey, Stephan Ambrosius, Patrick Pfeffer and Ransford Yeboah committed their international futures to Ghana last week, bringing an end to weeks of speculation.<\/p>\n<p>But even as Black Stars fans have been excited by the development, Muntari, who has made 84 appearances for Ghana while featuring at three World Cups (2006, 2010 and 2014), has warned the new entrants that it will not be easy and some of them might even regret switching nationalities.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"II9dKryA7VY\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sulley Muntari tells new Black Stars players not to expect to play at 2022 Word Cup\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/II9dKryA7VY?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not something new. When we were playing, [Kevin] Prince [Boateng], Owusu Abayie, [Albert] Adomah and [Adam] Kwasarey all came in,\u201d Muntari said during an interview with Ghana\u2019s GTV Sports on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s good that Williams and the others have decided to play for the team and the others that are about to come. It is not that you should switch your nationality because you want to play in the World Cup. The thing is that Ghana is different, Black Stars is different.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know about this Black Stars but the one we had was different so you can switch and come in and re-switch and go back because you won\u2019t be able to play.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Muntari says playing for Ghana at the World Cup places a huge responsibility on the shoulders of the players and only the ones with the right qualities and character can make it, not how big the name is.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you do not commit yourself to the nation, you will not play,&#8221; he continued.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is beautiful but also rough, meaning people fight for their positions and you are not playing for only yourself or the passport you have but you are playing for everybody in Ghana and the continent because you represent the Black Stars, you represent the whole of Africa at the World Cup.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former Udinese, Portsmouth and Inter Milan midfielder, who has 20 goals for his country, has also not closed the door on playing for the Black Stars, who he last represented in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGhana, even if I\u2019m in my crutches today and they call me to come and help, I will definitely run and go. Even if I can\u2019t play, I will sit there and contribute,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The player, who turns 38 next month, now plays for local giants Accra Hearts of Oak in the Ghana Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3><strong\/><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"peace_black_text_4\">Source: Goal<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"clear:both\">\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"peace_red_text_1\">Disclaimer<\/span>: <span class=\"peace_ash_text_1\">Opinions expressed here are those of the writers and do not reflect those of .  accepts no responsibility legal or otherwise for their accuracy of content. 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