David Addy has helped Vitoria Guimaraes secure an Europa League spot

By Ameenu Shardow

Ghana defender David Addy is full of hope of Vitoria Guimaraes’ upcoming campaign in Europe.

The Conquerors will be playing in next season’s Europa League following their impressive run to the grand finale of the Portuguese Cup where Benfica awaits this weekend.

Guimaraes’ Europa League qualification comes on a technicality as the slot is reserved for the winner of the Cup final.

But with Benfica already sealing their spot in next season’s Champions League by finishing second in the Portuguese league, the qualification slot then bounces off to one of the finalists even before the winner emerges.

Addy who will be playing in Europe for the second time hopes his side can take full advantage of the opportunity and go all the way in the competition.

“It’s good to play in the Europe and I’m looking forward to that and hopefully we can make a big impact next season in the league and Europa league as well,” he told GHANAsoccernet.com.

Emmanuel Frimpong out of June’s World Cup qualifiers with knee injury

By Ameenu Shardow

Ghana midfielder Emmanuel Frimpong is gutted with his fresh injury setback which rules him out of next month’s 2014 World Cup qualifiers.

The 21-year-old has undergone successful surgery on Wednesday to fix a knee injury sustained while on loan at Fulham.

The former England youth international is expected to be out for an estimated two-month period as he begins rehabilitation to aid his recovery.

This sees Frimpong out of next month’s crucial 2014 World Cup qualifiers against Sudan and Lesotho.

And the injured Arsenal player who made his Black Stars debut in the 4-0 win over Sudan in March has expressed his profound disappointment to miss these key games for Ghana.

“Heey everyone I just wanna say I had surgery yesterday night and am expected to be out for 8 weeks it saddens me that I couldn’t go play for Ghana in the World Cup qualifiers next month but I have wish the coach and the players good luck for the matches hope we get maximum points,” Frimpong Tweeted.

Frimpong now joins Isaac Vorsah who is also out with a long-term injury and will be sitting out the upcoming games against Sudan and Lesotho.

The Black Stars need to win both games to remain on track to clinching a third successive World Cup qualification.

By Ameenu Shardow

Two Ghanaian youngsters; David Abagna and Daniel Abaa hit a brace each for Dubai Football Academy in their 8-0 win over Baniyas Real Madrid.

The two youngsters are amongst four Ghanaians who missed an opportunity to train with the Manchester United Soccer Schools after taking part in the maiden Glo Soccer Academy contest.

The 16-man Glo Team made up of ten Nigerians, four Ghanaians and two Beninese arrived in Dubai on Saturday to commence training with the city’s premier soccer academy.

The four Ghanaians – with the others being; Aminu Murtala and Bismark Larbi excelled in their various positions in the emphatic win to draw the admiration of Dubai Football Academy coachCarlos Garcia.

“Their presence (Ghanaian boys) made my team stronger and played a key role in the wide margin win,” Garcia said.

The Glo Soccer Academy boys will be exposed to other aspects of training and techniques of modern day football in the coming days.

The 16 finalists have already received their grand prize of N1m (app $6,317) for 15 players while the Most Valuable Player; Muri Lawal received N5m (app $31, 585).

The trainings at the prestigious Manchester United training schools and the football Academy of Dubai Sports City also forms part of the prizes won by finalists in the maiden edition of the West African Television reality show.

The Glo Soccer Academy was organized to discover and train talented young footballers across West Africa and it was conceived to provide a once-in-a lifetime opportunity for talented footballers to kick-start their career in professional football.

Emmanuel Frimpong has undergone successful surgery on Wednesday

By Ameenu Shardow

Ghana midfielder Emmanuel Frimpong has suffered a fresh injury setback as he has been ruled out for an estimated period of two months with a knee injury, meaning he will not be available for the Black Stars in next month’s 2014 World Cup qualifiers.

The new Ghana international underwent successful surgery on Wednesday to fix the injury.

The 21-year-old was said to have suffered the injury while with Fulham where he spent the remaining half of Premier League season on loan.

This is the second major knee operation Frimpong has undergone.

He suffered a similar injury at the tail end of last season while on loan at Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Frimpong made his Black Stars debut in the 4-0 win over Sudan in the 2014 World Cup qualifier two months in Kumasi.

The injury however robs him off a place in the Ghana team for the upcoming 2014 World Cup qualifiers against Sudan and Lesotho.

He joins compatriot; Isaac Vorsah who is also ruled out with a long-term injury.

The ex England youth international is however expected to regain full fitness before the commencement of 2013/14 football season.

He has already started rehabilitation works following the successful surgery on Wednesday.