{"id":255692,"date":"2024-11-26T10:01:58","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T10:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/26\/were-your-fathers-captains-of-black-stars\/"},"modified":"2024-11-26T10:01:58","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T10:01:58","slug":"were-your-fathers-captains-of-black-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/26\/were-your-fathers-captains-of-black-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Were your fathers captains of Black Stars?\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/970\/97005402.295.jpg\" alt=\"Coach Isaac Boateng, former coach for Asante Kotoko\" title=\"Coach Isaac Boateng, former coach for Asante Kotoko\" width=\"295\" height=\"148\" \/> <span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Coach Isaac Boateng, former coach for Asante Kotoko<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; user-select: none;\">\n<p id=\"article-123\">Former Asante Kotoko coach Isaac Boateng (Opeele) has responded to revelations made by former Black Stars Committee member Ernest Thompson.  <\/p>\n<p>In an interview, Thompson claimed that eight players who pulled out of the Black Stars squad for the Angola and Niger games did so because the captaincy was given to Jordan Ayew. <\/p>\n<p>Head Coach Otto Addo, ahead of these games, had reversed his earlier decision to make Mohammed Kudus the captain, opting to hand the armband to Jordan Ayew.  <\/p>\n<p>Days before Ghana\u2019s must-win games, the Ghana Football Association released a list of players who had withdrawn from the squad due to injuries. <\/p>\n<p>However, Thompson revealed in an interview with JoySports that the players withdrew not because of injuries, but because Jordan Ayew was made captain.  <\/p>\n<p>Opeele, however, has come to Jordan Ayew\u2019s defense. In a tweet on X, the former coach questioned the credibility of some of the players who allegedly left the squad due to Jordan being made captain.  <\/p>\n<p>In the tweet, Opeele asked if these players\u2019 fathers had ever played and captained the Black Stars, indirectly highlighting that Jordan\u2019s father, Abedi Ayew, had both played for and captained Ghana\u2019s senior national team. <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nHe also questioned the validity of the report, suggesting it might have been a joke.  <\/p>\n<p><b>Watch Otto Addo&#8217;s heated discussion with a journalist during the post-match press conference via the video below<\/b><\/p>\n<p>FKA\/EK<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>play videoCoach Isaac Boateng, former coach for Asante Kotoko Former Asante Kotoko coach Isaac Boateng (Opeele) has responded to revelations made by former Black Stars Committee member Ernest Thompson. 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