KRC Genk attacker Joseph Paintsil has opened up on his conversation with the former Black Stars coach ahead of the just ended FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
Paintsil, who has had an incredible season in the Belgian Jupilier League, was among the players excluded by Coach Otto Addo from Ghana's final squad list for the 2022 World Cup.
He made it into Ghana's 55-man provisional squad before missing out on the final twenty-six (26) players submitted for the World Cup despite his impressive performance at KRC Genk ahead of the tournament.
The 24-year-old has stated that his omission from the final 26-man squad list for the global showpiece in Qatar remains a mystery to him.
According to the Belgium based winger, Otto Addo told him during a phone conversation that he wasn't among his best attackers for the World Cup and football isn't all about scoring goals and providing assists.
"His [Otto Addo's] decision was unfair. He gave me no valid reason to explain my absence. I told him the same thing during a phone conversation,” Paintsil told Belang van Limburg
“He told me that there were players ahead of me in the hierarchy. Among them, there were guys who, like me, play in the Jupiler Pro League,”
“They didn't have couldn't present the same stats, but Addo said football isn't all about goals and assists."
Paintsil, who recently extended his contract with KRC Genk until 2026, has scored 7 goals and provided eight assists in his 14 game outings for the Belgian giants in all competitions.
