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GFA denies Sammy Adjei’s retirement
Accra, March 3, Ghanadot/GNA - The
Ghana Football Association (GFA) has denied media reports
that Black Stars’ second string goalkeeper, Sammy Adjei had
retired from international football.
Randy Abbey, spokesman for the GFA said in Accra on Monday
that the GFA had not been informed by the player or his
agents about his retirement or intended retirement.
He said so far as they were concerned, Sammy Adjei was still
a member of the senior national team and would be invited
for national assignment when the national coach desired his
services.
The GFA’s position is a far cry from media reports that the
goalkeeper of Moadan Ashdod of Israel had announced his
retirement from national assignment to concentrate on club
duties.
The report which purportedly emanated from an interview the
player had with an Accra FM Station, Happy FM generated a
lot of debate among soccer fans in Ghana with some of them
citing discrimination towards the goalkeeper by coach Claude
Le Roy.
Speculations are that with the GFA voting to retain Le Roy
till 2010, the goalkeeper felt he would not have a look in
from the coach as had been the case since the arrival of the
Frenchman.
Sammy Adjei was the number one goalkeeper of the Black Stars
from 2000 after the lost of form of now number one Richard
Kingson.
Adjei was on duty at the 2000 and 2002 African Cup of
Nations as the first choice goalkeeper for Ghana until
Kingson resurfaced in 2006 to relegate him to the
background.
GNA
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