Ex-Ghana Coach, James Kwesi Appiah has revealed that he was warned not go play Mohammed Kudus when he handed him his Black Stars debut.
Kwesi Appiah handed the then 19-year-old his debut in 2019 when he was playing for FC Nordsjaelland.
Kudus scored on his debut against South Africa in an African Cup of Nations qualifiers.
The Ajax man had excelled with the Ghana U-17 at the World Cup in 2017.
Mohammed Kudus has been amazing since joining the Black Stars and was the leading marksman for Ghana at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
James Kwesi Appiah said he was warned not to play Kudus after he was convinced of his ability.
"Not only [Mohammed] Kudus but some other young players. There were people who felt the young players didn’t deserve the Black Stars call-up," he told Dan Kwaku Yeboah TV.
"But for me, I had watched them and I believed them. I always told my players don’t prove to me, prove to Ghanaians. If you do well that’s for your own good," he added.
By: Abdul Razak Salim
