Brother of Ghanaian legend, Abedi Pele, Solar Ayew has clapped back at some section of the Ghanaian football community following Andre Ayew's omission from the Black Stars squad.
Speaking on Accra based, Asempa FM, the uncle to Andre Ayew said that the captaincy can be taken away from them but not football which is embedded in their lineage.
For Ghana, anything can happen. I can’t say they want to strip Andre Ayew off the captaincy but I think the coach has one or two reasons for his exclusion”
“The Black Stars captaincy is not for the Ayew family, it’s for Ghana. We can lose the captaincy but we are still having the football in our family. The captaincy is not ours but the football is there. You can take everything from us but you cannot take away the football. We have young ones coming so we are not worried at all” he told Asempa FM.
Black Stars coach Otto Addo on Wednesday released a list of 26 players for the 2026 World Cup qualifying games against Mali and Central Africa Republic, excluding captain Andre Ayew from the squad.
Ayew has made a record 120 appearances and scored 24 goals for Ghana.
The Black Stars will begin their training camp on Thursday at the University of Ghana Stadium in Legon before flying out to face Mali at Stade 26 Mars in Bamako on Thursday, June 6, 2024, at 19:00. Ghana will then face the Central African Republic at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium on Monday, June 10, 2024
