Ex-GFA boss unhappy about Diawusie Taylor’s exclusion from Black Stars squad
A former chairman of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe, has expressed his misgivings about recent call-ups to the Black Stars, particularly some players aligned to some GFA executives who have been ever-present in the team, an occurrence he said smacked of favouritism and personal interest.
He warned that the practice where some FA members had formed a cabal and ensured that players associated with their clubs were given priority during national team call-ups would undermine the efforts to revive the national team.
The firebrand director of Premier League side, Hearts of Oak, challenged the criteria for call-up handed to some players in the recent squad released by Black Stars head coach, Charles Akonnor, for Ghana’s double header Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against South Africa, and São Tomé and Príncipe on Thursday and Sunday respectively.
Dr Nyaho-Tamakloe took the national coach to task and demanded why Dreams FC defender Philemon Baffuor, for instance, would warrant a call-up ahead of other players rated ahead of the youngster in the country.
He again questioned the rationale behind the decision to drop Diawisie Taylor, Karela United’s talisman and the Premier League’s leading goal scorer with 12 goals, while Dreams’ midfielder Joseph Esso — who has scored nine goals in the league — has a place in Akonnor’s squad.
”If Diawisie Taylor is leading the current goal-king chart is there a justification to pick Joseph Esso ahead of him, or is it because Esso plays for Dreams FC so he must, at all cost, be in the national team even if he doesn’t deserve to be there?” he queried.
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