World Cup 2022: Ghana registers five reinforcements including Iñaki Williams
Striker Iñaki Williams, born in Bilbao (Spain), to Ghanaian parents, has decided to wear the Black Stars jersey.
REUTERS - ALBERT GEA
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Qualified for the World Cup in Qatar, the Ghana national team has just formalized the choice of five bi-national agreements to evolve under the colors of the Black stars.
Athletic Bilbao striker Iñaki Williams is certainly the best catch.
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At their lowest after a catastrophic CAN 2022 (elimination in the first round) reinvigorated by a difficult qualification for the World Cup against Nigeria (0-0-; 1-1), Ghana is back in good shape four months before the Qatari World Cup .
The team led by Otto Addo has just seen a breath of fresh air with the imminent arrival of five dual nationals who have decided to wear the Black Stars tunic: Iñaki Williams (striker, Athletic Bilbao), Tariq Lamptey (right back, Brighton), Stephan Ambrosius (centre-back, Hamburger SV), Ransford Yeboah (striker, Hamburger SV) and Patric Pfeiffer (centre-back, SV Darmstadt 98).
Good news for captain André Ayew and his family who will play in Group H of the World Cup with Portugal, Uruguay and South Korea.
Williams
: 'I'm one of the Black Stars
'
Athletic Bilbao striker Iñaki Williams, long sought after by Ghana, has finally taken the plunge and announced on Tuesday July 5 on social networks his decision to defend the Ghana national team.
"
I feel that the time has come to reconnect with my roots, with myself and with all that Africa and Ghana mean to my family and to me
," he said in a video.
From today, I will defend the Ghana shirt with all my will, giving the best of myself.
I am part of the Black Stars
”.
Born in Bilbao to Ghanaian parents, Iñaki Williams, whose brother Nico is also an Athletic player, was a Spanish international hopeful, but only played one friendly match with La Roja, against Bosnia in 2016.
🇬🇭🖤 @ghanafaofficial pic.twitter.com/t5cSzOcIfB
— IÑAKI WILLIAMS (@Williaaams45) July 5, 2022
With the 28-year-old striker comes another major reinforcement in the person of Tariq Lamptey.
The Brighton right-back, born in Hillingdon in England and trained at Chelsea, opted for the Black Stars, no doubt showered by the incredible pool of his position in the England team (Trent Alexender Arnold, Recce James, Kyle Walker, Kieran Trippier).
The other three dual nationals, Stephan Ambrosius (23 years old), Ransford Yeboah (20 years old), Patric Pfeiffer (22 years old), all born in Germany, promise to be the next generation from Ghana whose generation of Ayew brothers is coming to the end of their cycle. .
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