Jordan Ayew (R) will take over the Black Stars captaincy from Thomas Partey (L)
Former defender of the Black Stars, Illiasu Shilla, has expressed fears of brewing conflict among players of the Black Stars.
This comes after reports claimed that Jordan Ayew has been made the team’s captain ahead of Arsenal’s Thomas Partey.
According to Shilla, this situation could create a division, as he believes these two have an influence that can hurt the team.
“For the old players, our fear and our worry is that if care is not taken, it will come to a time that the team will be divided into two because whether we like it or not, Partey has his own, I’m not going to say a camp or maybe his people—but the reality is that when you are in a national team, you have people that you always go to. So me, I don’t have any problem with the coach giving the captain’s armband to Jordan,” he said.
He further raised concerns about the timing of the revamp, warning Black Stars coach Otto Addo to tread carefully to avoid any negative fallout.
“But the question is, why now? Well, initially, it was Partey. Is it that maybe because we didn’t qualify for the AFCON? But we should also remember it was the same Partey who captained Ghana in those two crucial games against Mali in Bamako and the Central African Republic in Kumasi. So what I can say is that we just have to be very careful. When you look at the game itself, you know, you can’t compare Jordan to Partey in terms of experience,” he added.
The Black Stars currently sit second in Group I, level on points with leaders Comoros, with nine points from four matches.
They would face Chad in Accra on March 19, 2025 and then travel to Morocco to face Madagascar on March 24, 2025.
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