The Ghana Football Association (GFA) is currently after a couple of England-born players to switch international allegiance.
Ghana midfielder Thomas Partey has said the Black Stars need every talented player of Ghanaian descent to play for the national team.
Thomas Partey says Ghana needs foreign-born players to commit
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Arsenal’s Eddie Nketiah, Chelsea’s Callum Hudson-Odoi and Brighton and Hove Albion’s Tariq Lamptey have all been in the news in recent weeks.
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Partey, who is Ghana’s deputy skipper, believes any player that can improve the Black Stars and is ready to play for Ghana must be welcomed.
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“Everybody has their career, you can’t push somebody to do something they are not ready to do so if they come, they are welcome because we really need them,” the Arsenal midfielder told Joy Sports.
“We need all the players – everyone ready to play for Ghana, we need them and we are very much happy to receive whoever is ready to play for Ghana.”
Partey missed Ghana’s 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers against Madagascar and the Central African Republic last week due to injury.
Thomas Partey is vital for Ghana's midfield play (Thomas Partey / Instagram)
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The Black Stars, however, managed to secure four points from the two matches after beating Madagascar and drawing away at CAR.
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The Arsenal star was impressed with the performance put up by his international teammates, insisting the team played well.
“They played very well, good team performance, everybody did their job. In the end, we won which is the most important and we have to continue winning to get more wins,” he added.
Meanwhile, the Black Stars will now turn their attention to the 2022 Kirin Super Cup, which will be hosted by Japan from Friday, June 10, 2022 to Tuesday, June 14, 2022.
Ghana will take on the Blue Samurai in their first game, with the winner progressing to face the winner of the other game between Chile and Tunisia.
