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Muntari, Kevin-Boateng deserve second chance – Nii Lante

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  • Kofi 7 years ago

    Too little too late. You should have said this long time ago not when we are staring at not qualifying for the world cup. Such popularity stupid statements mean you have not got Ghana at heart. You greedy fool.

  • PR! 7 years ago

    All it takes is for Egypt to win 1 and lose 1 or draw two game and Ghana winning our next two games and we are back in it..... it is never over until it's over....
    Going by this the difference will one point.
    Never give up. ...
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  • PR! 7 years ago

    Correction: like they did in Tamale

  • BHONO HOLLAND 7 years ago

    mr minister if you really said that, you dont deserved to be minister, panic reaction.and uselees management of your minstry,is about money they fight for,and you reduce the money again,so what do you want from muntari again, ...
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  • Sinclear 7 years ago

    they deserve 2nd chance

  • Edi 7 years ago

    RIGHT NOW TO MAKE IT TO RUSSIA AND THEY NEED A 2ND CHANCE A WIN/WIN
    FOR EVERYONE

  • PUMP 7 years ago

    THE SPORTS MINISTER IS SPOT-ON'.

    KWESI NYATEKYI SHOULD HAVE 'GONE' WITH THE GFA GUY WHO LOST HIS GFA JOB.

    WHAT ARE NYANTEKYI AND AVRAM GRANT STILL DOING IN GHANA SPORTS? WOW! GHANA.

  • Nana Kuffuor, Abeka 7 years ago

    Sometimes I wonder what the GFA technical staff plan or teach their players. Ghana had abundant quality players but they don't train them. You don't need rocket science to tell you we are short of strikers and offensive midfi ...
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  • KK Dumfries US 7 years ago

    I agree with the Minister not late as you think bro.

  • Ruthan 7 years ago

    Its a face saving statement by the minister,what prevented him from insisting that the two(2) were recalled just before the WWC Qualifier?

  • Kojo Darko, Indianapolis. 7 years ago

    Animals, the guys are not stupid for all that have been said and done to them. Your own foolishness has landed you where ghana football is. What you don't realise is " Black Star did not make them who/what they are" Apes!!.

  • Muller 7 years ago

    You are a goat, Kojo. The Black Stars gave them public exposure

  • Paul siaw 7 years ago

    not at all! their hard work got them where they are! Kevin was already a star and so was his brother! Muntari has always been in good shape and skillful. Ghanaians must learn to be truthful for once!

  • Abonze 7 years ago

    My brother don't say things you do not know. I can testify that if you are going to play for big foreign clubs they check whether you have have played national team before and the GFA must endores it. Ok

    Kevin's is differe ...
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  • Mark 7 years ago

    Calling people animals shouldn't be part of this conversation if really you live in Indianapolis you should be behave as such,seems your stress level is too high take a vacation

  • Joe 7 years ago

    Mr. minister, this is a panic reaction to poor preparation and lack of tactical competence from the stars bench. The two will only offer us division and distraction. We must be firm and fair with our decisions. Lets plann wel ...
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  • EDUARDO DOMINGO 7 years ago

    IN FACT AFTER THE NEW DEBACLE IN CAIRO I JUST LOOK BACK WITH NOSTALGIA THE GAME GHANA PLAYED AGAINST THE EGYPTIANS BEFORE BRAZIL. EVEN THE TEAM WITH CAPITANO APPIAH JOHN MENSAH SULEH MUNTARI , KEVIN PRINCE BOATENG ETC COULD ...
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  • maree stopes 7 years ago

    new forces! Sulley/KP will fade away after 2017.

  • Cape coast boy 7 years ago

    GOOD OF GHANA BLACK STARS

  • Jay 7 years ago

    If the black stars were performing well, I don't think you would have uttered for the said players come back..
    You need FIFAs bonus to buy 4x4 for you small girls...they will not come ..suite your black star self

  • Abiba 7 years ago

    Why continue to punish players in this way. It is madness gone out of the window. Let's stop and think again.It is football.

  • Yao amegah 7 years ago

    Call them back quickly remove your pride this guys are good with old experience we can achieve something

  • Agility 7 years ago

    Sani Diara and Co hate the experience players. They are collapsing Ghana Football

  • Key 7 years ago

    Muntari is not even playing.He failed to appear before the commission.

  • Yaw Gyamfi 7 years ago

    Muntari or Gyan sick in one or both legs is better than the crop of players parading as members of the Black Stars. How could you compare Jordan to Gyan? How dare you compare Amartey or Wakaso or Badu to Sule. We should all ...
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  • K Man 7 years ago

    Rather than put in the effort and structures to re-organise and bring through the younger players, reward players ON FORM and ensure transparency in the way football in Ghana is managed, everyone including this attention seek ...
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  • anokwale 7 years ago

    He has not stopped to think that if Muntari slaps him or Prince curses him out what is he going to do? I do not understand Ghanaians who think that bringing back old names is the solution. We should be moving forward and an ...
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  • Agility 7 years ago

    Eric Cantona of France was more rude than Muntari and Kelvin but because they were making impact, they were inviting him. So GFA u must advice yourselves. Call them.

  • Castro 7 years ago

    Cantona was a very good player but was notinvolved in the France because of his stupid attitude

  • Gyebu 7 years ago

    Wrong...Cantona refused to play for France..

  • Opanin Koo Kwakye, J'burg 7 years ago

    Mr. Minister, with all due respect, don't condone indiscipline. No matter how good these players might be, we have equally good ones who can play. Let the technical team do a thorough search and they will find them.

  • Yaw Gyamfi 7 years ago

    Stop living in the past - utopia. Let us apply modern techniques to solving the complex issue of discipline in the multi cultural setting in which we presently find ourselves. The old ways wouldn't work in our present enviro ...
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  • A concerned citizen......... 7 years ago

    No matter how good they are let's destroy their career? And let it affect us the nation huh.Is it a curse in Africa? to destroy ourselves? That's evil opinion and unforgiving spirit. if they have done anything wrong disciplin ...
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  • lawrence meryland 7 years ago

    yes .we need them .muntari and k.boateng need second chance.ghana need them to play.thanks.

  • A concerned citizen......... 7 years ago

    This is a step in a right direction. Self inflicted wounds needs to be corrected. In foreign countries they have bad blood too but they discipline them and make sure they are coming back very soon to serve their nation. in Af ...
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  • Awotse 7 years ago

    I will kill myself if they are invited. We don't need those idiots especially Kevin. Well, Sulley I may reconsider my decision, may be I may dirty myself because I like him waaa just that he fool small

  • JOEL 7 years ago

    AWOTSE THEY WOULD BE INVITED, BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN CONTACTED AND EVERYTHING HAVE BEEN FIXED ALREADY.

  • Ghana 7 years ago

    Stupide Africans.Your ego will kill you.
    These guys are young.Even if they make mistakes ....find a way to admonish and save them for the sake of your country's progress.
    You waited and waited in your ego.
    Oooooh Africa.
    ...
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  • Mr. So, so and so. 7 years ago

    Call : Nana from Ghana.

  • Akosua Dompo 7 years ago

    Third chance in KPB's case and as for Muntari I've lost count. Why didn't he get a place on the German national team in spite of his talent? How many times will Ghana allow such miscreants to get away with their stupidity? Ma ...
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  • Awotse 7 years ago

    Thank you,,Akosua Dompo. It's over for those 2 idiots. No one is indispensable. Not even my man Abedi Pele

  • Ben 7 years ago

    My friend black stars is not thriving, we are now rated 7 or so in Africa. We need good experience players. Our ego is the problem not the players. You guys have jump into conclusions with giving Kevin the chance to explain h ...
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  • Emmanuel.Big O.t.Senegal 7 years ago

    Nii woye Aboowa phaaaa now before u know that this boys cannot do any thing for ghana.if its me i will not come so that u go call your father a.nd your mother too to go play for ghana.Aboowa Aboowa Aboowa .your mother .

  • anita 7 years ago

    i agreed perfectly with u minister....they deserve a 2nd chance so they shd be called back

  • Tex 7 years ago

    Sulley Muntari, and Kevin Prince were both given an opportunity to appear remotely via Skype to testify, and both made excuses. Muntari claiming he couldn't use Skype for some lame reason. Kevin flat out ignored requests. Hmm ...
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  • kofi 7 years ago

    We need them

  • Power powers 7 years ago

    Desperate times, desperate decisions, the two players were very troublesome, why are we still wasting our time for their inclusion when we can be investing time looking at some good Ghanaian players in MLS in US.

  • Ben 7 years ago

    MLS players? Seriously? Do you watch MLS ? MLS is for retired players

  • STEVE 7 years ago

    I do agree to the Sports Minister. At least Kevin must be recalled to the remaining qualification matches. He is currently the best in form player among the Ghanaian foreign players. Please call him.

  • Abeiku SW 2 London 7 years ago

    Joker ... make peace with the GFA as well and a proper structure in place and our National Team will bounce back

  • opoku 7 years ago

    kevin and muntari is not only players that we have in ghana, let us find players that can replace them, these players are old and if bringing them back is not going to make any difference

  • Ben 7 years ago

    Currently we do not have any good players at their level. Pls give me at least one player who is better than KPB right now?

  • OKOROMANSA 7 years ago

    NII LANTEY WANTS MUNTARI AND BOATENG BACK TO THE STARS? NO WONDER, NII LANTEY HIMSELF IS A HOOLIGAN, AN EX BUKOM APLANKE SO HE SEES THE TWO PLAYERS AS PALS. NEXT TIME WHEN HE ALSO RECEIVES A BLOW FROM MUNTARI, MAYBE HE WOULD ...
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  • Sanquas 7 years ago

    here we go again. No vision, no ideas. You don't have to rely on these foreign players. They are old and ready to fall apart. Get new young and aggressive players

  • owosoadoto 7 years ago

    can we be truthful to ourselves and say it loud and clear that the term the minister used "they need to be given a second chance " is absolutely nonsense . who need who ? does food needs human or is it human that needs food ? ...
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  • Yaw Gyamfi 7 years ago

    You deserve an award for such a candid expression of an irrefutable truth. Keep it up, brother. We need people like you as advisors for our top management. Your name suits you indeed

  • KK 7 years ago

    The problem is with poor coaching and poor management.

  • the lone Prophet of Jehovah 7 years ago

    When corruption was expose you sacked them without hearing both in that Commission set up. Ghanaians should know when to punish players shalom.

  • sam, Bern 7 years ago

    Dont go there, are they world Pele. Please let this old dogs go rest

  • Ben 7 years ago

    You do realize that KPB is playing with his real age? To all we know he might be among the young players in Ghana squad right . Except Dede and Jordan

  • Jac Timi 7 years ago

    Hey you are all going nuts. Stop talking about the WC it's very illusive when we have the AFCON coming in few weeks. Prepare for the AFCON and win it and that will give us the incentive to go all out for the WC. Do one thing ...
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  • NHYIRABA Kojo 7 years ago

    so na true Dan Ghana FA should now cry .
    no more mercy. dey tink dey can do it n now Blacks stars are not performing look at dem. sáaaaah

  • obi 7 years ago

    they ll not even come when u call them ,is a disgrace to GFA u ve sacked them and still everyday talking about there matters

  • Joe 7 years ago

    I hope this is a joke form the minister. After all the mess in Brazil, they should never be recalled. Moreover they are too old now.

  • Paul siaw 7 years ago

    it's not about second chance! GFA must apologize to them. idiots

  • Kojo 7 years ago

    Idiots if no one deserve a second chance God should have killed you all, some criticizing are thieves,girlfriend snatchers, armed robbers, abusers, yet you all live, don't you deserve to die, you all forget the corruption of ...
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  • Sarskoberta 7 years ago

    Here's what:
    Kevin, Essien and Muntari, I call them "the three musketeers" might have done something abominable. But by the dictates of i.e.losing out in the qualification process,it has become the imperative, a 'common eth ...
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  • Fire Yovac 7 years ago

    am soo surprised how hypocritical most Ghanaians are!!! What the executives who was with the black stars in Brazil did, was it fair? you guys shouldn't always be hypocrites!!!
    when was the last time a mad person slapped you ...
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  • Komivi 7 years ago

    Just as indisciplined as the the two.

  • Clem 7 years ago

    Muntari's action was the start of a revolution to end the perceive "Rot" where officials of the snr team were making money from the sweat of players. Must we kill our support for the national team sake of the single manageme ...
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