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The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has revealed it is only the coach of the Black Stars who can recommend a nationality switch of a player.
Communications Director, Henry Asante Twum has been responding to speculations that Ghana is pursuing the likes of Inaki Williams, Tariq Lamptey, Eddie Nketiah and Callum Hudson Odoi to play for the senior national team.
There are suggestions that Ghana will have to strengthen the Black Stars squad if they are to make any meaningful impact at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
According to the FA spokesperson, until a new coach is appointed for the Black Stars, it will be problematic to start talking about players switching nationality since such moves are done on the recommendation of the coach.
“I don’t know the players we want to pursue. The truth is that let's leave that to the coach. When Otto Addo got the job, he decided to bring Dennis Odoi and Elisha Owusu. He gave us pressure; we went through the process and we got the two players.
"When C.K took the job, he decided to bring Akwasi Otchere Wriedt and we did everything possible to bring him. Under C.K Akunnor we went to France to visit Alexander Djiku and we did all we could to change his nationality.
"So, the coaches play a major role in situations like this. If it is that tomorrow we wake up to the news that Otto has been handed the nod to take us to the World Cup and he wants the services of these players you mentioned as a football Association what we can do is just to open the administrative procedure and to get things done,” said Henry.
Ghana has been paired in Group H against Portugal, Uruguay and South Korea at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
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