{"id":254692,"date":"2024-11-22T14:30:30","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T14:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/22\/dreams-fc-denies-allegations-of-attempting-to-sign-najeeb-yakubu\/"},"modified":"2024-11-22T14:30:30","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T14:30:30","slug":"dreams-fc-denies-allegations-of-attempting-to-sign-najeeb-yakubu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/22\/dreams-fc-denies-allegations-of-attempting-to-sign-najeeb-yakubu\/","title":{"rendered":"Dreams FC denies allegations of attempting to sign Najeeb Yakubu"},"content":{"rendered":"<br><div id=\"article-text\">\n                       \n                        \n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dreams FC has denied claims by former Ghana youth international Najeeb Yakubu that the club tried to sign him during his time with the Black Starlets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Najeeb, who now represents the Niger national team, alleged that Ghana Football Association (GFA) President Kurt Okraku excluded him from the Black Meteors squad that travelled to Japan for friendlies in 2021 due to a personal grudge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking on <em>Prime Take<\/em> with <strong>Muftawu Nabila Abdulai <\/strong>on JoyNews, Najeeb claimed the issue stemmed from his refusal to join Dreams FC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think it\u2019s the GFA President, Kurt [Okraku], who took out my name from the U23 squad that travelled to Japan in 2021 for the friendlies. I think he has a personal problem with me,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen I was in the U17, he [Kurt Okraku] wanted me to join his team, Dreams FC. Unfortunately, I couldn\u2019t join his team [and he took it personally].\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, officials of Dreams FC have categorically denied the allegations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking to <strong>JoySports<\/strong>, a club representative stated that at no point did Kurt Okraku, who was the club\u2019s Executive Chairman at the time, or any other official, attempt to sign Najeeb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe only time an official spoke to him was when he was in Ukraine, and the conversation had nothing to do with playing for Dreams FC,\u201d the official said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt was about recommending him to the GFA president for consideration in the Black Stars, as the national team was struggling for a right-back at the time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Najeeb eventually switched allegiance to Niger and was part of the team that defeated the Black Stars 2-1 at the Accra Sports Stadium during the 2025 AFCON qualifiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Black Stars\u2019 poor performance in the qualifiers saw them finish last in Group F with just three points, missing out on the AFCON for the first time in 21 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, Najeeb\u2019s Niger placed third with seven points, while Angola and Sudan secured qualification with 14 and eight points, respectively.<\/p>\n\n                <p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>      \n               \n <!-- Post Tags -->\n                \n\n                        \n\n    \n                                 \n                                             \n                    <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dreams FC has denied claims by former Ghana youth international Najeeb Yakubu that the club tried to sign him during his time with the Black Starlets. Najeeb, who now represents the Niger national team, alleged that Ghana Football Association (GFA) President Kurt Okraku excluded him from the Black Meteors squad that travelled to Japan for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":254693,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-254692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-top-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dreams FC denies allegations of attempting to sign Najeeb Yakubu - 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\/2024\/11\/22\/dreams-fc-denies-allegations-of-attempting-to-sign-najeeb-yakubu\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dreams FC denies allegations of attempting to sign Najeeb Yakubu - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dreams FC has denied claims by former Ghana youth international Najeeb Yakubu that the club tried to sign him during his time with the Black Starlets. 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