Newcastle United winger Christian Atsu will miss Ghana’s 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against South Africa and São Tomé and Principe due to injury.According to reports, Atsu has communicated with the technical handlers of the Black Stars to omit him from the aforementioned games due to injury.The 27-year-old is reported to be carrying an injury which he suffered at club side Newcastle United."He [Christian Atsu] will not be part of the team for the two matches
Ghanaian midfielder Moses Odjer has confirmed talks with US Salernitana over new contract.Odjer is in discussions to sign a two-year deal with the Italian Serie B side."We are talking about contract renewal with the company, I think this week or next is possible. I want to stay at Salernitana.”Odjer — who played 15 times for the club last season will be hoping repay the club’s faith in the ongoing campaign.
Ghana legend Asamoah Gyan says he hopes his presence in the Indian Super League(ISL) will encourage more stars to come to India. The 34-year old joined ISL side North East United this season and has already become a cult hero for the fans.The all-time leading scorer for Ghana’s Black Stars scored his first goal for the club on Saturday against Odisha in the league.Gyan who has played in countries such as England, Spain, France, Turkey, UAE, China and currently India hopes to
Ghana legend Asamoah Gyan says he hopes his presence in the Indian Super League(ISL) will encourage more stars to come to India. The 34-year old joined ISL side North East United this season and has already become a cult hero for the fans.The all-time leading scorer for Ghana’s Black Stars scored his first goal for the club on Saturday against Odisha in the league.Gyan who has played in countries such as England, Spain, France, Turkey, UAE, China and currently India hopes to
In two years he has gone from playing in dirt fields to becoming holder of Real Valladolid . Mohammed Salisu (Accra, Ghana, 20 years old) left everything for football and arrived in a new country without knowing neither the team, the language nor, above all, the Spanish game.The cold climate of the city of Castilla y León did not affect its ability to adapt to this challenge. The Ghanaian defender has grown tactically to impress who was waiting for his success. On Sunday he managed
Salernitana midfielder Moses Odjer has rued the side's lack of concentration in their 1-1 stalemate at home to Perugia in the Serie B at the weekend.Christian Buoanaioto grabbed a 90th minute equalizer after Sofian Kiyine had scored the opener on 55th minute to share the spoils.And the former Ghana international was left dejected by the side's lack of mental stability."After the advantage, we may have given up a bit, as happened with Frosinone. It is certainly a
Former Disciplinary Committee chairman Prosper Harrison Addo is in pole position to be appointed as the substantive General Secretary of the Ghana Football Association, GHANAsoccernet.com Headquarters has been told. Addo, a close ally and confidante of the newly appointed FA boss Kurt Okraku is being mooted to replace Isaac Addo.GHANAsoccernet.com understands the ground is being made fertile for the lawyer to assume the role on a full time basis to ensure the smooth and professional
Bulgaria side CSKA Sofia will lose out on a $500,000 permanent transfer fee of Ghana winger Edwin Gyasi to FC Dallas, as he is billed leave the club in January.The Major League Soccer side were expected to pay the amount if the Ghanaian had secured a permanent transfer following his loan switch.But Gyasi, who joined the side on a season-long loan is expected to cut short his loan during the winter.The Ghana international wants out after growing frustrated over lack of playing opportunities.This
Bulgaria side CSKA Sofia will lose out on a $500,000 permanent transfer fee of Ghana winger Edwin Gyasi to FC Dallas, as he is billed leave the club in January.The Major League Soccer side were expected to pay the amount if the Ghanaian had secured a permanent transfer following his loan switch.But Gyasi, who joined the side on a season-long loan is expected to cut short his loan during the winter.The Ghana international wants out after growing frustrated over lack of playing opportunities.This
Former spokesperson of the Ghana Football Association Ibrahim Sannie Daara has warned the association's new president Kurt Okraku to be wary of "spiritual attack" in his administration.Daara, who served as the communication chief for the association for seven-years, says wicked characters within and outside the association have the penchant of plotting attacks on the FA aimed at bringing its down.He says such roguish characters consulted spiritualists in a bid to
Trabzonspor striker Caleb Ekuban is expected to arrive in Turkey this week to continue his rehabilitation.The 25-year-old has been in Italy where he underwent a successful surgery on a broken foot.The Ghana international has continued treatment in that country since the operation.But GHANAsoccernet.com can report that he will return to Turkey this week as he enters the final phase of his rehabilitation.The former Leeds United striker suffered the setback after he colliding with
Yaya Toure says Fifa is not doing enough to stamp out racism and that England should have walked off the pitch in the face of monkey chants during their Euro 2020 qualifier in Bulgaria.The 36-year-old former Barcelona and Manchester City midfielder made the comments to AFP after helping Qingdao Huanghai clinch promotion to the Chinese Super League at the weekend.England's 6-0 victory in Sofia earlier this month was marred by racist chants and Nazi salutes from a section of
Ghanaian defender Mohammed Salisu says Real Valladolid's clash against Barcelona in La Liga on Tuesday night will be a 'very complicated' game. However, the White and Violets are ready for the sharp attack of Barcelona, which has Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Antoine Griezman.Fresh from scoring his debut goal in Spanish football, the 20-year old will be faced with one of the best attacking trio in football."It will be very complicated", Salisu said ahead
Schalke O4 assistant manager Gerald Asamoah believes misfiring forward Guido Burgstaller will soon discover his goal-scoring form. The 30-year old forward is yet to find the back of the net in 9 Bundesliga games, with pressure from the fans increasing for the striker to be relegated to the bench.However, Asamoah, a former striker is confident the high profile forward will rediscover his form."The situation is tricky, because he's not scoring. As a former striker, I can
Italian giants AC Milan are interested in signing Dutch born Ghanaian forward Myron Boadu. The struggling European heavy weights are considering a January move for the inform AZ Alkmaar attacker.Boadu has been on a run of good form in the Dutch Eredivisie and the Europa League, netting ten goals in all competitions this season.Having showwed great promise, several clubs are queuing for the signature of the 18-year old, who turned down a move to Arsenal last summer.The AZ Alkmaar
South Africa coach Molefi Ntseki has named his 25-man squad ahead of the double header against Ghana and Sudan in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier to be played next month.The Bafana Bafana will begin their campaign against the Black Stars on 14 November, 2019 at the Accra Sports Stadium before taking on Sudan in a few days’ time in match day two.Coach Ntseki side is dominated by local players in the league with seven foreign based players invited to join the team.Below
Ghana FA Executive Council member Dr Toni Aubynn is confident the new association can measure the weight of expectation of local fans.There is massive expectation on the new body tasked to steer the wheel of Ghana football for the next four years.President Kurt Okraku and his Executive Council are faced with the reality of transforming football by igniting passion and creating wealth.With sponsorship for the domestic league top of the agenda,its feared the council's inability
Ghana’s U-23 foreign based players are set to arrive late in camp due to the inability of the Sports Ministry to issue out tickets to the players on time ahead of the Africa U-23 Cup of Nations to be staged in Egypt.At the time of filing this report our checks with some of the players indicated that they were yet to receive their tickets and join the team’s training camp in Accra.GHANAsoccernet.com understands that some of the players will join the team in Egypt.The local based
Dr Toni Aubynn is backing Kurt Okraku to succeed at the new President of the Ghana Football Association.The Executive Council member says the newly-elected FA capo has the competence, pedigree and charisma to transform football in the West African nation.The former Dreams FC Executive chairman stole the show after an election that required three rounds of voting.He was given a ringing endorsement of 93 votes after his closest challenger George Afriyie threw in the towel.And Toni
Information gathered by GHANAsoccernet.com indicates that Belgium side Genk, have refused to allow Joseph Paintsil join the Black Meteors of Ghana ahead of the Africa U-23 Cup of Nations to be staged in Egypt.The Black Meteors are in camp preparing for the tournament which begins on November 8, with Ghana playing its first match on the same date.Head coach Ibrahim Tanko will be expecting his foreign based players to arrive this week to continue with preparations ahead of the tournament.According
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