Kwesi Appiah will not recall Muntari until player apologizes

Until Black Stars midfielder Sulley Muntari issues a public apology to the national team coach, he can forget about wearing the jersey as long as Kwesi Appiah remains the boss.

The AC Milan player was unhappy about his substitution when Ghana defeated Lesotho in the World Cup qualifiers in June and publicly snubbed his teammates and the coach.

The strop did not go well with Appiah, who has directed the FA to wait for a public admission of guilt of the player before he will be considered for selection.

“Yes, he is insisting on that,” confirmed the FA’s General Secretary in charge of Communications, Ibrahim Saanie Daara.

He went on: “And until such a time that an apology is brought out and made public, the coach says he will not consider him for any call up to the national team,” Saanie told Citi FM in an exclusive interview on Wednesday.

“Not isolated”
Speaking on the magazine show, Half Time, Daara said the decision was not taken on the face of the incident.

“Apart from what happened on the pitch, Sulley also said some things to the coach in front of the other players that would sound very ugly to our listeners if we should repeat the same words.”

But Daara was quick to add that these matters could have been settled internally, but that approach did not work with the veteran midfielder.

For context, the FA spokesman explained that his outfit had called the Milan player to the meeting after the incident “but he did not accept that what he did was bad and he would not render an apology so he (Appiah) insists that this must be done.”

Kwesi Appiah, the spokesman says, wants this stance to be adhered to so that it serves as a sounding board for the team’s other players who may think of disrespecting the office of the national team coach in the future.

The Stars have a crunch qualifier against Zambia next month and Muntari would be a boost to the team, but Appiah is determined to let mind rule over matter.