The Azonto Quest

The Azonto Quest

Don’t fret! Another Man’s Treasure will still continue but I will also be running this story simultaneously.

I would like to give a shout out to neal09, Glenn T and ebEliminator who in a time of end of season/international football have inspired me to create this story. Check out their stories and enjoy mine in the meantime!!!

I will manage…



GHANA

Capital – Accra
Population – 24 million approx.
World Ranking – 33rd

Kits

Nickname

‘The Black Stars’

Captain

Michael Essien

One of Ghana’s best and influential produce

Key Players

Andre Ayew

Super talented and perhaps the star of the show

Kwadwo Asamoah

A very well rounded midfielder that we take great pride in saying represents Juventus regularly

Asamoah Gyan

Gyan is the headline grabber and we will rely heavily on his goalscoring talents

Legends

Abedi Pele

Arguably Ghana’s greatest ever, the father of Andre and Jordan Ayew played 63 times for Ghana and scored 33 goals

Stephen Appiah

The former captain played 69 times, scoring 16.

Tony Yeboah

The former Leeds United legend is one of Ghana’s record goalscorers with 29 goals in 39 appearances

Rivals

Nigeria

They’ve been our nemesis since the day one. We share great moments filled with bragging rights since the beginning of time.

Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast are one of Africa’s leading powerhouse’s and will inevitably compete against us, especially for the African Cup of Nations which both of us want so much.

Egypt

We were so close to taking the African Cup of Nations but the Egyptians took it right from under our noses. We will be avenged.

Luis Suarez

2010 World Cup, South Africa. Luis Suarez… we will find you!

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DESAILLY HOMECOMING

Marcel Desailly has today been announced as the new manager of the Ghana national team after signing a one year contract.

Desailly, who played 116 times for France, was born in Accra, Ghana and takes over James Kwesi Appiah who has resigned.

The Frenchman enters his first managerial adventure and said that after his enchantment at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, he couldn’t reject.

“This is my homeland and as I player I know I opted for France but I never lost my love for Ghana.

“Ghana was admirable in the World Cup and that enticed my. I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to manage them and I cannot wait to add a new chapter to my life.

“This Ghana team is special and we can really put African football on the map.”

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GYAN CALLS TIME

Ghana’s all-time best goalscorer Asamoah Gyan has retired from International football following the appointment of Marcel Desailly.

Gyan was Ghana’s star in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa but has hung up the 'Black Stars' shirt to concentrate on club football.

The Ghanaian, now at Al-Ain in the United Arab of Emirates retires less than a fortnight before Ghana’s clash with Uruguay.

Ghana were knocked out of the World Cup by Uruguay after Luis Suarez’s infamous handball incident in which Gyan missed a decisive penalty.

Desailly is reported to have tried to convince him otherwise but to no avail.

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GHANA SQUAD ANNOUNCED


With the likes of Sulley Muntari and Isaac Vorsah injured, the Ghana squad is as follows…

Goalkeepers

Richard Kingson, Adam Larsen Kwarasey, George Owu

Defenders

Lee Addy, Nana Asare, Jonathan Mensah, John Mensah, Samuel Inkoom, John Boye, John Pantsil

Midfielders

Afriye Acquah, Kwadwo Asamoah, Andre Ayew, Emmanuel Badu, Derek Boateng, Michael Essien, Christian Atsu, Quincy Owusu Abeiye, Ishmael Yartey

Forwards

Jordan Ayew, Waris Majeed

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