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Black Stars captain, Andre Dede Ayew has disclosed why he choose Qatari club Al Sadd ahead of all other suitors after leaving Swansea City FC.
The former West Ham United player left Swansea City after the 2020/2021 season to join Al Sadd, a club his father Abedi Pele played for in the early stages of his career.
Asked why he choose Al Sadd, Andre Dede Ayew stated that the bond between the club and his father made him sign for 'The Wolf'.
“There is a history already between Al Sadd and my dad. That’s his first club outside Ghana. That’s where he got his big injury and Al Sadd took care of him, conducted surgery for him, and did everything that was supposed to be done,” he said on the Sports Highlights show on GTV Sports+.
“So there is this love and connection that’s there even though it’s a club that I didn’t know personally because I wasn’t born when he was playing over there,” he added.
Andre’s father, Abedi Pele, spent the 1982/83 season playing at the Jassim bin Hamad Stadium for Al Sadd and scored 7 goals in 8 appearances.
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Former Ghana FA Communications Director Ibrahim Saanie Daara says new players to have switched nationality to join the Black Stars will have no problem integrating into the team.
The GFA last week announced that five players have switched nationality and are ready to represent Ghana at the international level.
The five players Inaki Williams, Tariq Lamptey, Stephen Ambrosius, Patrick Pfeiffer, and Ransford Yeboah were announced by the GFA as new recruits for the national team ahead of future assignments.
According to the CAF Senior Media officer, the technical team led by Coach Otto Addo, George Boateng, Mas-ud Didi Dramani and Chris Hughton as technical advisor will help these new players in the transition.
“I am not worried about their transition because we have capable and competent coaches like Otto Addo, George Boateng, Didi Dramani and Chris Hughton”, Saanie Daara told Happy FM.
“Otto Addo at Dortmund helped with Erling Haaland’s transition at the club. Didi Dramani was employed by Nordsjaelland to help in player’s transition from Africa to Europe.
“Before the World Cup, I will urge the management to engage the players on certain things such as where they will train, bonuses and others as well as take inputs from the players in order to prevent any disaster at the World Cup”.
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