Black Stars assistant coach Mas-Ud Dramani doesn’t think that players switch nationalities because of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
In recent months, Inaki Williams, Tariq Lamptey and others have pledged allegiance to the Black Stars ahead of their upcoming games.
Some fans believe that the World Cup was a key factor behind the switch but Dramani thinks that they just want to defend their nation.
“Sometimes we think that players who are switching nationality are only doing so because of the World Cup. That is not what it is,” he told Worlanyo on Asempa FM.
He further explained the rationale behind the move by the Ghana FA.
“It is a culture that we are starting to make sure that now players who didn’t have the opportunity of playing in our youth teams or were born outside Ghana but are Ghanaians and can ably defend that they are Ghanaians just like you saw Tariq Lamptey and Inaki Williams.
We see it beyond the World Cup. There are very young ones who are coming in now but they are for the future. We are not doing it just because want players to get to the World Cup.”
