Enugu Rangers goalkeeper Seidu Mutawakilu is in line to be named in Ghana’s squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup playoffs against the Super Eagles of Nigeria, Completesports.com reports.
Ghana are looking for new goalkeepers ahead of the qualifiers following widespread criticisms over the performance of Joseph Wollacott at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon.
The Swindon Town goalkeeper conceded five goals in three games as the Black Stars exited the competition in the first round.
Goalkeepers’ trainer Richard Kingson, according to Ghanaweb.com has pencilled down 15 goalies ahead of the games.
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Among the goalkeepers under consideration are Mutawakilu and West Ham United’s Joseph Anang.
Mutawakilu once represented Ghana at the U-20 level.
The 26-year-old was part of the Black Satellites squad at the 2015 African U-20 Championship in Senegal.
The shot stopper also represented the Satellites at the FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand in 2015.
He joined Rangers from Ghana Premier League club Accra Hearts of Oak in 2017.
By Adeboye Amosu
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Ghana seems to have player crises ,too many poor and average players,I don’t think we have anything to worry about in this WCQ.
What makes you think he’s average because he plays for Rangers?
If Ghana can believe in a golie in the NPFL why coach Eguavoen and Agu did not believe in Adebayo Adeleye, Osagwe and Yakubu?
Must it have to be with the likes of Uzoho, Okoye and Akpeyi every year? No competitions among the goalies. We have other goalies that are doing well.
Amaju should please allowing our own to do their job. It is clearly show that coach Agu is the weakest link in the goalkeeping department. Amaju should give our own free hand to select the coaches that they feel are the best for them.
I’m not pleased with the inclusion of coach Agu this time around because he has not been doing well since he has started working with our golies. Almost six years now without
a reliable goalie? Too bad. Ghana really mean business with us. God bless Nigeria!!!
I couldn’t agree more.
Use your b**** na no offense, but it’s the best we will pick and not for they to be experimented on the national games that’s what their clubs are for, the best will he chosen, every one of them you are talking about I don wat ch their highlights they no good like our present keepers.
Only adeleye I haven’t watched, yakubu that he can’t even reach eking’s shoulders and even some keepers that are short still has really fast reflexes to make up for their height but yakubu’s is normal not that fast .
Our best is Francis uzoho but the one with the best profile is okoye and okoye is I the right part to growing and eventually becoming better than uzoho