Former Ghanaian worldwide Sulley Muntari has revealed the stunning circumstances beneath which the Black Stars captaincy was transferred from him to Asamoah Gyan throughout a crucial match towards Sudan.
In an interview with 3Sports, he recounted that he had led the Ghanaian nationwide crew in two World Cup qualifiers, together with a 2012 fixture towards Lesotho on the Baba Yara Stadium.
With senior gamers comparable to Michael Essien unavailable, Muntari asserted that he was the pure successor for the captain’s armband.
Nonetheless, throughout the subsequent match towards Sudan in 2013, Asamoah Gyan unexpectedly took over as captain with out prior discover to Muntari.
I used to be the captain for the sport towards Lesotho in Kumasi and one other match. Once we travelled to Sudan, they handed the captaincy to Asamoah, and I used to be stunned. I assumed, ‘No, I’m purported to be the captain.
Feeling sidelined, Muntari approached Gyan privately to handle the difficulty.
I went to Asa’s room and informed him, ‘Asa, I’m purported to be the captain, not you. If Baffour (Gyan’s older brother) had been right here they usually supplied me the captaincy, I wouldn’t settle for it as a result of I do know he deserves it. The identical precept applies right here.
In line with Muntari, Gyan responded by stating that he had already formalised his appointment as captain by signing the required paperwork.
He stated, ‘Muta, I went there, they usually made me signal every thing,’ and I replied, ‘Okay,
Regardless of the inner disagreement, Ghana received the match 3-1, with Gyan scoring twice and Muntari additionally scoring.
Inconsistency in Black Stars captain choice
The lengthy story has been there, and nothing has modified even beneath Otto Addo.
Lately, he selected Mohammed Kudus over Jordan Ayew to steer the crew in Thomas Partey’s absence throughout the October worldwide window, reigniting discussions concerning the choice course of for the nationwide crew’s management.
The Ghana Soccer Affiliation should be sure that handing over the armband is finished within the rightful method.
