Bayern Munich wing-back Alphonso Davies has revealed that the Ghana Football Association (GFA) approached him over nationality switch via micro-blogging platform Instagram but it was too late to consider.
Born in Ghana to Liberian parents, the 22-year-old was eligible to play for both Ghana and Liberia but opted to play for Canada after obtaining Canadian citizenship in June 2017.
Despite playing football for a while, Davies said he was never considered because he ‘wasn’t a big name’ and it took a big transfer move for Ghana to act.
According to him, there was an attempt from the Ghana FA to play for the national team at some point but the timing of the approach was too late for him to reconsider his decision with the contact coming on Instagram.
“Ghana never reached out and also my mum was like, no [to the idea of me playing for Ghana],” he said when quizzed whether was an option to play for the country of his birth.
“I was playing like not even like the academy they never like said [anything about wanting me] I wasn’t a big name. When the news came out that I was going to Bayern, then I got a message from the Ghana federation.
Davies has scored 13 goals in 39 appearances since making his debut for Canada in 2017.
