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Ghana international Laryea Kingston has broken his silence over media reports that he came close to punching coach Milovan Rajevac when he was excluded from the final 23-man World Cup squad."Why would I do such a thing? What good would that serve me?” he told the SunSport.“The whole thing is clearly untrue and the Ghana FA know this. I know the things that have been said about what went on there but nothing like that happened at all."When we were in Paris I was asked to attend a meeting with the coach. The president, the vice-president and the Ghana FA spokesman were all in the room at the same time."The coach then told me sorry, but I would not be in his final selection of 23 players to go to South Africa. He then told me life would still go on and that I still had a future in the national team.”The Hearts player added: "I asked the coach if he could give me a reason why I wasn't picked for the final squad. He told me I was not part of his plans as far as a starting place was concerned - and he thought if he put me on the bench that I would only complain."I have been in football a long, long time and I have far too much experience for that. I know you can still make a contribution to games even when you start on the bench, and I would have been happy to do so.""I cannot change the coach's decision. We actually shook hands at the end of the meeting but since then all these stories have come out suggesting I did these things and I couldn't believe what I was hearing."Their spokesman was in the room at the time."It came as a huge shock to me and it was a very big disappointment as everyone knows it was my dream to play for Ghana at a World Cup finals."The frustrating thing is I had played in all my country's games leading up to the squad announcement. Now I have to ask myself what was the point?"
Source: goal.com
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