{"id":55643,"date":"2023-04-07T12:13:53","date_gmt":"2023-04-07T12:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/07\/jordan-should-have-captained-ghana-in-luanda-not-amartey-songo-slams-chris-hughton\/"},"modified":"2023-04-07T12:13:53","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T12:13:53","slug":"jordan-should-have-captained-ghana-in-luanda-not-amartey-songo-slams-chris-hughton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/07\/jordan-should-have-captained-ghana-in-luanda-not-amartey-songo-slams-chris-hughton\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordan should have captained Ghana in Luanda, not Amartey- Songo slams Chris Hughton \u00bb \u2122-"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_33\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<p>Countryman Songo, whose real name is Patrick Osei Agyemang, has criticized Chris Hughton for engaging in political manoeuvring within the national team shortly after he was named the Black Stars coach. <\/p>\n<p>On the most recent episode of his Fire for Fire program on Adom TV, Songo said he was surprised to see Amartey and Partey leading the squad in Kumasi and Lunada, respectively, in place of Dede Ayew, who was benched for no apparent reason.<\/p>\n<p>He asserted that Jordan Ayew, the team\u2019s oldest player, ought to have been given the duty of acting as captain in his brother\u2019s absence. <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>He proposed that Jordan Ayew, who has significant national team experience, should be elected vice-captain rather than Thomas Partey and Richard Ofori in the absence of his brother Andre Ayew.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Dede Ayew the captain is not around, Partey the second captain is also not there and the third captain is also not around who should be the captain?\u201d Songo quizzed.<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201c<strong>Jordan Ayew<\/strong>\u00a0even has more experience than Partey so he should have been the second captain. 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