Ghana FA President Kurt Edwin-Simeon Okraku hasgiven indications that plans are far advanced to get Chelsea star Callum Hudson-Odi to play for the country after his short stint with England.

The UEFA Champions League winner has been in Ghana for holidays and his presence has sparked reports of a nationality switch after he was omitted from England manager Gareth Southgate’s squad for Euro 2020.

The President of the country, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, during in a visit by the Chelsea star, charged the Sports Ministry and the GFA to make sure Hudson-Odoi switches to play for Ghana.

Following the call from the country’s president, Ghanaians are putting pressure on the FA to convince the English-born player to represent the West African giants.

But the Ghana FA boss has poured cold water on the calls, revealing talks are far advanced to get the Champions League winner to play for his fatherland.

“We started the process of getting Ghanaian talents everywhere to represent Ghana; that included the collection of data on players from U-10 to senior level.

“The result is what we have now, we have Alex Djiku playing for Ghana, Tariqe Fosu also playing for Ghana and in the past we have had loads of players born in Europe play for Ghana,” Kurt Okraku said on TV3’s WarmUp Plus Show.

“I mean I spoke with Callum before he got to Ghana and we promised to speak again when we meet in Ghana, we have met, we’ve had discussions that centered beyond playing for Ghana and he has a crazy ambition of helping kids in Ghana and this is what excites me the most,” he said.

“We are looking forward to working with Odoi and his family and many other players who are interested in representing their country,” Mr. Okraku added.

“We have lot of them like that, we are talking to the technical team and the political authorities in getting them to play for Ghana,” he concluded.

Hudson-Odoi can switch nationality despite playing three times for England per the new FIFA rules concerning change of country.