Chelsea winger Callum Hudson-Odoi, is finally ready to play for Ghana’s senior national team- Black Stars following a meeting with yet to be appointed Ghana new manager Chris Hughton.
The 63-year-old former Norwich and Newcastle manager who was sacked by Brighton in May 2019, has been tipped for the Black Stars job following the exit of Serbian manager Milovan Rajevac who was fired by the Ghana Football Association after Ghana’s disastrous Afcon exit.
Having arrived in the country earlier this week, Hughton held a meeting with the father of the Chelsea star in Accra and subsequently met the player at the Labadi Beach Hotel to discuss the possibility of getting him to play for the four-time African champions.
Oyerepa FM’s journalist Eugene Adu Poku, reports that the player is convinced with Hughton’s project and has made his willingness to play for Ghana known to the former Nottingham Forest boss.
Meanwhile, Chris Hughton will go-ahead to meet Brighton right-back Tariq Lamptey and Southampton star Mohammed Salisu separately to get them feature for the Black Stars.
After meeting the Father of Hudson Odoi,Chris Hughton met the Chelsea player too at Labadi Beach Hotel today.Callum is convinced with the Hughton project and will be ready to play for Ghana.Hughton will be meeting Tariq Lamptey and Muhammed Salisu hopefully next week
— Eugene Adu Poku (TheStryker) (@TheStrykergh) January 30, 2022
Ghana will play rivals Nigeria in the 2022 Fifa World Cup play-offs in March.
The aggregate winner of the two-legged clash will book qualification to play in the Qatar 2022 global showpiece in Qatar.
Houghton was born on 11 December 1958 in London to a Ghanaian postman, Willie Hughton, and his Irish wife Christine née Bourke.
Having an African background Chris qualified to play for the Republic of Ireland as the son of an Irish mother and a Ghanaian father, becoming the first mixed-race player to represent the country.
Chris Hughton who recently coached English Championship side Nottingham Forest played 53 matches for the Irish National team.
