Does the way Ghanaians play football – with such commitment – lead to these injuries?
Everyone knows in training what can happen because we are all aggressive and that’s what makes Ghanaian football but we’re technical as well. Does Essien’s absence help open the door to you to the first team? I don’t know if the coach sees me in that position he plays but if he did I can say I would try my best. I can play any position in midfield ad would try to fill that hole. What is your ideal position? These days you can have a position you’d love to play but it might not happen. I’m an attacking midfielder – left, right or in the middle I don’t care I just want to go and attack. How have you found training with Ghana? It’s different from what I’m used to in club football but I can see what the coach is trying to do. He wants a block of defence but then he will give us the freedom to go forward but first he wants to think about the defence because you win the game when the defence is good. We have the quality to create chances and score goals but he wants to build on the foundatio