{"id":1209189,"date":"2022-09-22T15:00:06","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T15:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/22\/we-are-excited-to-have-tariq-lamptey\/"},"modified":"2022-09-22T15:00:06","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T15:00:06","slug":"we-are-excited-to-have-tariq-lamptey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/22\/we-are-excited-to-have-tariq-lamptey\/","title":{"rendered":"We are excited to have Tariq Lamptey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"554\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screenshot-2022-09-22-121159-696x554.png\"   alt=\"Otto Addo with Andre Ayew at a presser\" title=\"Otto Addo with Andre Ayew at a presser\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Otto Addo with Andre Ayew at a presser<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Black Stars head coach, Otto Addo, has expressed his excitement with the inclusion of Tariq Lamptey into the team saying he is a \u201csolid player.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Brighton right back is among players who have completed nationality switch to play for the West African country.<\/p>\n<p>Lamptey, who has been named in Ghana\u2019s squad for the friendly games against Brazil and Nicaragua,\u00a0has settled quickly into the squad and is likely to make his debut for Ghana on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"697\" height=\"462\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screenshot-2022-09-22-132455.png\" alt=\"Tariq Lamptey\" class=\"wp-image-2165184\"  \/><figcaption><strong>Tariq Lamptey<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The 21-year-old turned down a call-up from England U21 to accelerate his path to becoming a Ghana international, and he has received a warm welcome since arriving at camp in France.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking ahead of the game, Addo singled out Lamptey for praise but reiterated that\u00a0it was a difficult decision to leave some names out.<\/p>\n<p>Addo believes Lamptey has a lot to offer the Black Stars and is pleased the former Chelsea player chose to represent Ghana at the senior international level despite strong interest from England.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo put together the squad was difficult because some decisions were very very close,\u201d he said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are happy to have Tariq Lamptey who is a solid Premier League player, especially because he is very very young and very fast,\u201d Addo added.<\/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=\"6gz-STGrRhM\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Badwam Media Review on Adom TV (22-9-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6gz-STGrRhM?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>Otto Addo with Andre Ayew at a presser Black Stars head coach, Otto Addo, has expressed his excitement with the inclusion of Tariq Lamptey into the team saying he is a \u201csolid player.\u201d The Brighton right back is among players who have completed nationality switch to play for the West African country. 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