Ghana Confident of Convincing Nico Williams to Play for Black Stars Despite Making Spain World Cup Squad

• Ghana Football Association President Kurt Okraku is confident Nico Williams will make a U-turn and play for the Black Stars
• The Athletic Bilbao winger, who has Ghanaian roots, has been named in Spain's 55-man preliminary squad for the World Cup
• Nico Williams made his Spain debut in the UEFA Nations League game against Switzerland in September

President of Ghana's Football Association, Kurt Okraku, has revealed that his outfit have not given up the chase for winger Nico Williams.

The Athletic Bilbao forward, whose parents are from Ghana, has already represented Spain at senior level and he is part of Luis Enrique's 55-man preliminary squad for the World Cup.

However, Mr Okraku is highly optimistic of convincing the winger to play for the Black Stars of Ghana.

“He’s been summoned to Spain and I wish him the best, but he will return home (to Ghana)”, Okraku said in an interview with Marca as quoted by GHANASoccernet.

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“I know he is coming home. Iñaki also played for Spain. We’ll continue talking, he’s one of us.”

Although Williams has played two times for Spain, he remains eligible to play for Ghana until he makes an appearance for the European giants at the World Cup.

His chances of playing for the Black Stars can also end when he makes more than three appearances for Spain.

Luis Enrique seems to have been impressed with the contribution of the 20-year-old during the last international break, having provided the assist for the winner against Portugal in the Nations League.

The younger brother of Inaki Williams is also enjoying a good campaign in La Liga with Athletic Bilbao.

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Earlier, Sports Brief reported that Inaki Williams and Nico Williams have challenged themselves into who will finish the season as Athletic Bilbao's top scorer.

The Spanish-Ghanaian brothers are enjoying a good start to the season, with the eldest scoring four goals already while Nico has three for himself.

Inaki, who has chosen to represent Ghana at an international level, revealed that he and Nico have entered a wager over who will be the best this season.