If Philimon Baffour is only going to train with the Black Stars then there are a lot of Ghanaians who can do that – J.E Sarpong [Asempa FM SportsNite]
Iconic Ghanaian trainer Joseph Emmanuel Sarpong, popularly known as J.E Sarpong, insists including Philimon Baffour in the Black Stars squad defeats the principle of team building.
Serbian trainer Milovan Rajevac included the 20-year-old in his 28-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying games against South Africa and Ethiopia.
The right-back, who plays for Dreams FC, has retained his place in the team despite his failure to make a single appearance in his last 6 straight call-ups.
When South Africa defeated Ghana in Charles Akonnor’s last game in charge Baffour was part of the squad before Hearts of Oak Fatawu Mohammed was handed a late call-up. But, the former Ghana U20 defender failed to earn the starting place as Fatawu got the nod.
During Rajevac’s first game in charge Reading FC’s Andy Yiadom, who is the regular right-back, failed to gain fitness for the match and as a result, a right-back was needed.
Despite being available in the team, the Serbian preferred to go shift Daniel Amartey to the right-back role against Zimbabwe in Cape Coast and Harare.
Meanwhile, he has been included in the squad again for the upcoming games and the situation has caused a stir among Ghanaian football fans, causing Sarpong to react on Asempa FM’s Sports Nite show.
“Milovan is not the first coach to invite Philimon to the Black Stars. During C.K Akonnor’s time, he invited him as well. Who invited Philimon to the Black Stars in the first place? What did the person see? If he is being invited to train with the Black Stars alone then that is not good enough because if that is the criteria we can get a lot of people to go and train with the team. Me as a technical man, if he doesn’t feature in my team I will drop him,” he told Andy Obeng Kwaku on Asempa FM’s SportsNite.
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