Southampton safeguard Mohammed Salisu presently open to play for Black Stars
Southampton focus back Mohammed Salisu has made himself accessible for future Black Stars call-ups after a few discussions with key authorities of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), JoySports can only affirm.
The 23-year-old has been on the radar of the GFA for over two years in a bid to draw him to play for Ghana.
The previous Real Valladolid player held chats with different mentors of the senior public group starting around 2019, first and foremost under then coach Kwasi Appiah, then, at that point, Charles Akonnor before hence with Serbian mentor Milovan Rajevac and new lead trainer supervisor Otto Addo.
Salisu was as of late visited in the UK by GFA president Kurt Okraku and it is accepted the safeguard gave him his statement that he will be accessible for the Black Stars in front of the World Cup.
The 30-month Salisu pursue
In 2019, Salisu was welcomed for the Africa Cup of Nations however declined because of a physical issue he got with Real Valladolid.
Consequently, the protector continued dismissing solicitations refering to absence of preparation as his explanation. A position later affirmed by previous Black Stars mentor Akonnor during a press instructions. The mentor after Joy Sports got some information about Salisu expressed: "With Mohammed Salisu, you want check. Recently he said when he is prepared, he will tell us. I don't have any idea, perhaps. He said when he is prepared, and up till now, I couldn't say whether he is prepared or not. So I will not have the option to respond to that."
In 2021, the Southampton player repeated his situation on playing for the Black Stars from here on out. In a meeting with MozzartSport Kenya, he said: "I'll be so pleased to play to my country, to play with Ghana, the public group. However, I think this isn't the right second to play in the public group. I assume I want to zero in on the club side since I am youthful, I assume I want to zero in on the club first and afterward later, when all is well, I can proceed to play for Ghana."
Sources near Salisu told Joy Sports the player needed to be completely fit and coordinated into the Saints group and furthermore needed to become perhaps of the best safeguard on the planet before he would think about playing for the Black Stars. An idea which is justifiable thinking about how the middle back's improvement was optimized.
Only quite a while back, Salisu was playing for African Talent Football Academy and got the potential chance to join Valladolid's B group seven months after the fact. In nine months, the Ghanaian was elevated to the primary group and began 30 games. He was compensated with a fantasy move to Southampton the accompanying season after the Saints paid his £10.9 million delivery proviso.
Southampton mentor Ralph Hassenhuttl alluded to Salisu as a future possibility who had the stuff to sparkle in the Premier League with Southampton.
"Mohammed is a player who accommodates our profile well. He is youthful and has a lot of potential, however he is likewise somebody who has the characteristics to come in and help the group when he depends on speed with our approach to playing."
Salisu needed to trust that a half year will make his Southampton debut with Hassenhuttl expressing the player "had far to go prior to being match fit."
The middle back has since not thought back and had an amazing presentation full season (2021/22) with the club highlighting in 37 games and scoring his most memorable objective.
In the Premier League last season, Salisu positioned third for the most handles (196). He likewise positioned fifth for most handles won (60) and fourth for block attempts (93).
So what changed?
Presumably Ghana meeting all requirements for the 2022 World Cup assumed a part in Salisu's choice. In the wake of getting capability, the specialized body heaped strain on the GFA to assist with collecting Ghana's best ability around the world.
It's consequently there have been a few reports on ethnicity switches for players like Callum Hudson-Odoi, Inaki and Nico Williams, Tariq Lamptey, Eddie Nketiah among others.
The specialized group sees Salisu as an extraordinary variety the group presently needs. The 6'3 tall safeguard has genuineness, and ethereal strength and is likewise entirely happy with playing the ball from the back - an example that has been laid out in the beginning of the Otto Addo period.
In the final part against Nigeria in Abuja, Addo changed to a back three which saw Gideon Mensah - a left back - play as a middle back on the left side. The Dortmund coach rehashed a similar strategy against Madagascar in a World Cup qualifier, this time, playing Mensah as a left place back in a back four.
Mensah in an elite meeting with Joy Sports uncovered he was played as a passed on focus back to assist with keeping the equilibrium of the group in the development stage. It is clear the specialized group are after a left-sided focus back and Salisu has been profiled as their man.
Sources near the player have told Joy Sports that his gatherings with Okraku assumed a key part in speeding up his choice to play for Ghana.
The GFA president visited Salisu in England at the last part of the 2021/22 English Premier League prior to meeting the previous Real Valladolid protector last month in Ghana.
It is perceived that the 23-year-old protector is currently completely persuaded with the Black Stars project and has the trust of Okraku.
The player's family likewise explains that no FA official or specialized colleague has at any point requested cash from Salisu in return for a Black Stars call-up.
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