Hearts coach Samuel Boadu worried about players exclusion from Black Stars call-up 

Published on: 18 May 2021

 

Hearts of Oak gaffer Samuel Boadu has bemoaned the absence of his players from the Black Stars squad ahead of the international friendlies against Morocco and Ivory Coast next month.

The Ghana Premier League giants have been impressive in the second round of the Ghana Premier League but missed out on the recent call-ups to the senior national team.

Coach Akonnor named eight local players in his squad for the double-header with no player in the Hearts squad making the list despite their impressive performances in the ongoing campaign.

Ibrahim Salifu who has been one of the best performing players for the Phobians and in the Ghana league was conspicuously missing out of the list.

The talented midfielder has won multiple man-of-the-match awards and is gunning for the MVP for the season.

Arch-rivals Asante Kotoko were handed two call-ups  Razak Abalorah and Ismael Gayniu in the Black Stars squad.

Boadu who believes his players deserve a call-up due to their impressive performance is optimistic the technical handlers will invite his players in the future.

"I feel so bad that most of my players are not in the National teams, but I believe by the end of the season, we will have them in the team, and things will change".

Meanwhile, Hearts of Oak have two of their players Daniel Barnie and  Salifu Ibrahim invited to the national U-23 side Black Meteors ahead of next month's friendly against Japan.

Ibrahim Salifu was invited to the squad following pressure from Ghanaian football fans, he was included in the list a day after the call-ups were released.

Daniel Barnie also earned a call-up following the graduation of some key players in the AFCON U-20 winning squad.

 

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