{"id":1205094,"date":"2022-09-15T15:32:44","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T15:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/15\/consider-playing-kudus-mohammed-as-a-false-9\/"},"modified":"2022-09-15T15:32:44","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T15:32:44","slug":"consider-playing-kudus-mohammed-as-a-false-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/15\/consider-playing-kudus-mohammed-as-a-false-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Consider playing Kudus Mohammed as a &#8216;false 9&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"472\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1663164142_576_Screenshot-2022-09-13-225729-696x472.png\"   alt=\"Mohammed Kudus celebrates against Liverpool\" title=\"Mohammed Kudus celebrates against Liverpool\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mohammed Kudus celebrates against Liverpool<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Former Black Stars assistant coach, Ibrahim Tanko, has urged the current technical team, led by Otto Addo,\u00a0to consider deploying Mohammed Kudus as a \u2018false nine\u2019 ahead of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.<\/p>\n<p>Kudus, 22, played the \u2018false nine\u2019 role through pre-season and in the Champions League, and the Dutch Eredivisie, the Ghana forward has been playing the role.<\/p>\n<p>The former FC Nordjaelland forward has scored five goals in four matches played in his new role.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an interview, Tanko, who is the technical director for Accra Lions\u00a0stated that Kudus has evolved from an attacking midfielder to a striker and must be given the chance to play in that position in the Black Stars.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>UCL: Kudus Mohammed scores a beauty against Liverpool in Ajax defeat<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>\u201cKudus is a very talented player he can play most of the positions if you pair him with a holding midfielder, he can play as a number 8 or striking,\u201d Tanko told <strong>Joy Sports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe technical team has a plan so let\u2019s hope that all the boys will stay fit so the technical team will have options to select from. It\u2019s one of the options the technical team can look at,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Mohammed Kudus has been named in Ghana\u2019s squad for the upcoming international friendlies against Brazil and Nicaragua on September 23rd and 27th respectively.<\/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=\"WfGSZnop6tw\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pre-Tertiary Education: NGO bemoans unequal access, calling for urgent reforms (14-9-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WfGSZnop6tw?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>Mohammed Kudus celebrates against Liverpool Former Black Stars assistant coach, Ibrahim Tanko, has urged the current technical team, led by Otto Addo,\u00a0to consider deploying Mohammed Kudus as a \u2018false nine\u2019 ahead of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. 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