England: African Youngster Wins Championship Player Of The Month
Written By Omolagba Oluwayemi
African in diaspora have continue to make the headlines in the world of sports especially football and the latest to be doing that is Ghanaian player who claimed the player of the month of January.
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Ghanaian forward Antoine Elorm Semenyo has been named Championship Player of the Month for January after an impressive form.
The Bristol City star bagged three goals and provided three assists in the English second-tier to land the January award.
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The 22-year-old beat competition Blackpool FC goalkeeper Dan Grimshaw, Fulham striker Aleksandar Mitrovic and Queens Park Rangers midfielder Chris Willock to land the monthly gong.
The winner was announced on Friday morning by the judging panel of Sky Sports’ EFL expert Don Goodman, EFL Communications Director Mark Rowan and Sky Bet EFL trader Ivor Davies.
The England-born youngster has recently decided to represent Ghana internationally as the process of switching nationality has already began.
Semenyo has scored five goals and provided six assists in 17 appearances for Bristol in the Championship this season.
Meanwhile…
Former Ghana international Augustine Arhinful has criticized the newly formed technical team of the Black Stars.
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) on Wednesday after it Executive announced a newly constituted technical team of the Black Stars headed by Otto Addo, George Boateng and Mas-Ud Didi Dramani with former Brighton boss Chris Hughton as the Technical advisor.
The appointment is just for the World Cup play-offs in March against rivals Nigeria to be played between March 24-29, 2022.
A statement from the GFA on the appointment read, “Former Newcastle United and Brighton and Hove Albion manager Chris Hughton has been appointed as Technical Advisor to the newly constituted Black Stars Technical team led by Otto Addo.
“Other members of the new Technical team include George Boateng and Mas-Ud Didi Dramani. The 63- year old will provide Technical advice to the three man team for next month’s FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 play-off match against Nigeria”.
However, Augustine Arhinful has questioned why the GFA has appointed all these qualified coaches for just a game to be played between one week.
“If it is just for interim basis, we cannot appoint all these people for just a match that players will be around for just a week. We appoint all these people for the two matches to be played between 23-29th and after that what happens?”, he queried in an interview on Happy FM.
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“My biggest problem is put someone there who will do proper scouting and select the right materials for the Black Stars”, he added.
Ghana will play Nigeria in the first leg of the 2022 World Cup plays-off on March 24, 2022 at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium before the return leg in three days’ time in Abuja.
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