Veteran sports journalist Karl Tuffuor has explained why footballers of African descent in the diaspora switch nationally to play for their country of origin during the World Cup season.
According to him, “nine out of 10 times”, such players do so because football administrators in their countries of origin do not engage them.
He made the remarks on Joy FM’s Super Morning Show on Friday. Discussions on the show centred on why footballers switch nationally to play for Ghana.
The conversation has been triggered by Athletico Bilbao's striker, Inaki Williams’ decision to play for the Black Stars at the World Cup tournament after declining several offers to represent the national team.
During his submission, Mr Tuffuor said players are not to blame for such decisions since they are not oriented to love their country of descent.
“You shouldn’t blame them for that because when African and Ghanaians go off to those countries, they don’t bring up their children as if they are Ghanaians so the guys do not have that love for Ghana. They grow up thinking they are Brits,” he asserted.
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