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EXCLUSIVE: EDDIE NKETIAH RELUCTANT TO COMMIT TO GHANA AS ENGLAND STEP UP PRESSURE ON HIM

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Black Stars target Eddie Nketiah is still weighing his options on which country to represent at the international level.

The Arsenal striker is among some Ghanaian players of foreign descent being chased by the Ghana Football Association to switch nationality ahead of the 2022 World Cup.

Eddie Nketiah confirmed in an interview he is yet to decide on playing for Ghana at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

The attacker indicated he is focused  on Arsenal this season.

It is reported that, officials of the Ghana Football Association have held talks with Eddie Nketiah and his family over a possible nationality switch ahead of the World Cup.

The 23-year-old forward who is eligible to play for Ghana through his parents said in an interview that he is yet to take a decision.




"Yeah, at the moment it is just focusing on the club and cementing my place here, contract situation that has being most of my thinking".

"I think a point will come where i will actually sit down with my family hopefully in the near future and then make a decision. I have not made my mind yet so will sit down with my family and my team and see which is good for me".

Nketiah who holds the record as the highest top scorer at the England U21 team is also open to playing for the Three Lions of England.

The English Football Association are also in talks with the Arsenal forward on representing the country of his birth.

The Ghana Football Association has successfully convinced five Ghanaian players of foreign descent namely, Inaki Williams, (Athletic bilbao) Tariq Nii Lamptey (Brighton and holve Albion), Stephen Ambrosius from (Hamburg), Ransford Yeboah (Hamburg) and Patrick Pfiffer to play for the four time(s) Africa champions ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.



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