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President of the Ghana Football Association, Kurt Okraku has confirmed talks with England youngster Tariq Lamptey to play for Ghana.
Born to a Ghanaian parent in England, Tariq Lamptey has represented the European country at the various youth levels but yet to receive a call-up to the English senior national team.
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Per the FIFA regulations, the 20-year old can still play for Ghana despite capping for the England national youth teams.
Though it will not come that easy, Kurt Okraku believes definitely Ghana will win the battle.
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“The national teams are for Ghanaians. It doesn’t mean only those who reside in Ghana alone but for every Ghanaian across the world for which reason it will be suicidal for us not to search everywhere in the world to find the right talents for Ghana. If we find the talent and the coach is please we need to bring that talent,” Okraku said..
“We are working closely at every big talent you may have seen on your screens and those you have not. But we must also understand the atmosphere around some of those players. Some are classified”
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“Someone like Tariq Lamptey we have been speaking to his family to make sure that having identified him as a top talent we will bring him to represent our county. In the same vein, other people are also talking to him and his family to represent another country”
“It doesn’t come so quick and easy. We are following every top Ghanaian talent you may have seen on your screens and those you may not have seen”
“I have not seen Jamie before but he’s coming for us to take a go at him from close range so we are leaving no stone unturned”
“We have immediate battles to win and then of the future and we need to take care of both battles. And the players the coach believes will represent our interest for the immediate battle are the ones he’s inviting.”
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