Top Ghanaian Musician Reveals Continues Chat With Hudson Odoi and Eddie Nketiah Over Ghana Switch

Top Ghanaian Musician Reveals Continues Chat With Hudson Odoi and Eddie Nketiah Over Ghana Switch

Lukman Mumuni
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:02 PM
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  • Award winning Ghanaian musician King Promise says he is in constant communication with Callum Hudson-Odoi and Eddie Nketiah over Ghana switch
  • The English-born Ghanaian football are considering playing for the Black Stars of Ghana ahead of the World Cup in Qatar
  • Both players are eligible to represent Ghana despite playing for England at youth levels with Hudson-Odoi having three senior caps

Top Ghanaian music star Gregory Bortey, popularly known as King Promise, who is friends with Chelsea winger Callum Hudson-Odoi and Arsenal forward Eddie Nketiah has disclosed he has been talking to both players to consider a nationality switch and play for the Black Stars.

Hudson-Odoi and Eddie Nketiah were born and raised in England by Ghanaian parents and have represented the youth national teams of the European country.

In the case of Hudson-Odoi, he has also earned three international caps for England but with FIFA's new rules allowing him to make a change, King Promise stated in an interview with YFM that he has had conversations with the duo, urging them to play for Ghana.

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King Promise reveals chat with Hudson-Odoi and Nketiah over nationality switch. Credit: Getty Images @ghanasoccernet Reuters
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"I have been bothering him about playing for Ghana. I don't remember the last time we spoke but I told him bro, I will call him till you change your mind and every time I call him and I am like, bro, Black Stars and he is like you are an idiot," he said smiling on YFM's Shouts on Y show.
"I do the same with Nketiah and like bro, you have to play for Ghana and anyone who is a Ghanaian and can play I urge them to play. I don't know if he will play for Ghana but I have done my part."

Tariq Lamptey is another English-born Ghanaian on the verge of playing for the Black Stars.

King Promise hints at Callum Hudson-Odoi nationality switch

Earlier, Sports Brief reported that the Black Stars is about to receive a massive inclusion according to musician Gregory Promise Bortey Newman, known in the entertainment industry as King Promise.

According to the Afrobeats sensation, who is a close ally of Chelsea attacker Callum Hudson-Odoi, he has managed to convince the speedster for a possible nationality switch.

The winger, who is of Ghanaian parentage, has made it a tradition since last year to visit the West African nation as he reconnects back to his roots.

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Lukman Abdul Mumin is a Sports Journalist based in Accra, Ghana. He has been writing for the past five years. Lukman joined Sports Brief as an Editor for the Local Desk in 2022.
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