{"id":118783,"date":"2023-11-11T08:38:36","date_gmt":"2023-11-11T08:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/11\/chris-hughton-speaks-on-decision-to-name-andre-ayew-in-black-stars-squad-for-games\/"},"modified":"2023-11-11T08:38:36","modified_gmt":"2023-11-11T08:38:36","slug":"chris-hughton-speaks-on-decision-to-name-andre-ayew-in-black-stars-squad-for-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/11\/chris-hughton-speaks-on-decision-to-name-andre-ayew-in-black-stars-squad-for-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Hughton speaks on decision to name Andre Ayew in Black Stars squad for games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"490\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2022-11-18-165757.png\"   alt=\"Andre Ayew\" title=\"Andre Ayew\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andre Ayew<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Black Stars head coach,\u00a0Chris Hughton has justified his decision to include Andre Ayew in Ghana\u2019s squad for the upcoming 2026 World Cup qualifiers.<\/p>\n<p>Having been dropped from Ghana\u2019s team for the October friendly games against Mexico and the United States of America,\u00a0Ayew makes a return\u00a0for the team for the first two games against Madagascar and Comoros.<\/p>\n<p>Considering he has been without a club since leaving Nottingham Forest in July, Ghanaians have questioned the decision to add the captain to the latest squad for the games.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>However, Hughton has revealed that, the former Nottingham Forest man is integral to the national team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDede Ayew is still a very good player and still somebody that can be the best player in training,\u201d the gaffer told BBC in an interview.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is somebody that has an added importance because he is captain \u2013 he is a very good influence to the younger players that are in the squad. And so it\u2019s not just about his playing ability, it\u2019s for what he means to the squad\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana\u2019s first\u00a0qualifier\u00a0takes place at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium on Friday, November 17 against Madagascar before travelling to face Comoros at the\u00a0Stade de Moroni on November 21.<\/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=\"9NzFUQAa7Tg\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pre-Budget: Minority MPs push for programme to be held in parliament House to save money (10-11-23)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9NzFUQAa7Tg?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andre Ayew Black Stars head coach,\u00a0Chris Hughton has justified his decision to include Andre Ayew in Ghana\u2019s squad for the upcoming 2026 World Cup qualifiers. Having been dropped from Ghana\u2019s team for the October friendly games against Mexico and the United States of America,\u00a0Ayew makes a return\u00a0for the team for the first two games against [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12957,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chris Hughton speaks on decision to name Andre Ayew in Black Stars squad for games - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/11\/chris-hughton-speaks-on-decision-to-name-andre-ayew-in-black-stars-squad-for-games\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chris Hughton speaks on decision to name Andre Ayew in Black Stars squad for games - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Andre Ayew Black Stars head coach,\u00a0Chris Hughton has justified his decision to include Andre Ayew in Ghana\u2019s squad for the upcoming 2026 World Cup qualifiers. 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