Former Kumasi Asante Kotoko trainer lsaac Opeele Boateng strongly believes Hearts Of Oak goalkeeper Richard Attah deserves a place in Coach Akonnor’s 23 man squad insisting he is even better than Lawrence Ati Zigi.

On Friday, October 30, Akonnor named a 23 man squad for Ghana’s 2021 Africa Cup of Nations [AFCON] qualifiers against Sudan this month.

After the announcement by Coach Akonnor the inclusion of Ati-Zigi in the list has been questioned by football sympathizers in the country.

The St Gallen goalkeeper was poor when Ghana played Mali in international friendly this month in Turkey, conceding three goals.

And according to Opeele Boateng, Ati-Zigi does not merit his call up stressing Richard Attah should have been in the squad.

“I am surprised Ati-Zigi is in the squad for the Sudan game,” he told Kumasi based Nhyira FM.

“This a goalkeeper we saw how he poorly performed against Mali in a friendly in Turkey. For me, he does not merit this call up because we have goalkeepers who are better than him.

“Richard Attah of Hearts of Oak is better than Ati-Zigi. Besides, we have the likes of Felix Annan and Kwame Baah still here in the country.

“I don’t mind calling all Kotoko goalkeepers if they are and merit their call up to the national team but Akonnor got Ati-Zigi’s call up wrong,” he added.

Coach Akonnor is seeking to continue with the teams flying start to the qualifiers following victories against South Africa and Sao Tome and Principe in November 2019.

The four-time Africa champions will play as guests to Sudan at the Cape Coast Stadium on Thursday, November 12, before making a trip to Khartoum for the return encounter five days later.

By: Gbordzor Promise