The saying, “Nothing hurts more than being disappointed by the person who you thought would never hurt you,” is becoming a true reflection of the typical Ghanaian people.
This has been the reality of great sons and daughters of our country; times after sacrificing their all for Mother Ghana.
Yes, its either they soon forgotten or treated as though they never existed.
It is becoming the habit of the Ghanaian to hail you at one end and to ‘judas’ you at the other end, times soon.
In not too distant years ago, the name Andre Dede Ayew became a Ghana household name, not because of any bad reasons but for his sacrifice in sports and lifting the flag of Ghana higher; both locally and internationally.
But…that one who used to be praised yesterday has swiftly become the ‘black sheep among the football people. What has changed in the space of time with our football legend? Ah, well! Maybe we are talking too much of fate.
What amazes most is how same figure who we revered so much in the game has become the talk-of-the-day today, as to whether the same should be called to join the team to represent Ghana at the world Cup this year.
Dede, born in France, is a Ghanaian international who starred for and captained the Ghana under-20 team that won both the 2009 African Youth Championship and the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
The young champ did not end there but continued to the senior level and made his debut on 21 August 2007 against Senegal at the New Den Stadium in London.
Dede represented Ghana at the 2008 and 2010 editions of the Africa Cup of Nations and the 2010 FIFA World Cup, respectively.
Don’t forget that on December 16 2011, a day to his 22nd birthday, he was named the BBC African Footballer of the Year for 2011, and Ayew was crowned the Ghanaian Year.
Is it necessary at all we plot to retire a 36 year old football champ even before his decides for himself ?
Recently, in the news, I have read many sports pundits’ views on why Andre Ayew must be dropped off the Black Stars sqnuad for the World Cup. Of these able men is a Sudan national team assistant coach, Ignatius Osei-Fosu.
Ignatius holds strongly that the “Ghana captain Andre ‘Dede’ Ayew should consider stepping away from the Black Stars to allow younger players to take their place in the squad.”
He told Luv FM that even though Ayew has done greatly for Ghanaian football, he won’t support any call for the veteran forward’s selection into the team’s current plans.
He acknowledged, “he might be a very good player, but you have to ask yourself in the current setup if he is still needed.”
Even though he might be right in his views, I believe experience counts a lot.
With such attitude, we have killed many young talents even before their time.
By Chipo Kwaku,
News Editor
Yagbon radio,Bole.
