Black Stars assistant coach, George Boateng, has advised locally-based players to be brave when called upon to join the Black Stars.
In recent callups, Otto Addo has added Hearts duo Dennis Korsah and Afriyie Barnieh. He also called up Augustine Okrah who later rejected.
In the September squad, only Afriyie Barnieh was called as a local representative.
“Afriyie Barnieh has been with us, Dennis Korsah has been with us a couple of times… for them it’s about trying to make amends,” he started.
“I said in my interview last week that when they are coming to the Black Stars they’re not coming to make the numbers. They’re coming to impress and take the shirt and we try to give the local player an extra confidence and believe that they are good enough otherwise they wouldn’t be with us.
“I understand that the gaps can be big because you’ve players playing in the [English] Premier League you’ve Thomas Partey, you’ve players at Ajax, Strasbourg so, you know we’ve some big players yet I think if you’re a local player and you come to the Black Stars you should have no fear.
“We’re scouting and we know we’ve done our homework and we’ve seen talents and we believe that you can do it so come and show your best and try to take the shirt,” he added.
