{"id":12815,"date":"2025-02-27T15:35:45","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T15:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=12815"},"modified":"2025-02-27T15:35:46","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T15:35:46","slug":"thomas-partey-turns-down-black-stars-deputy-captain-role-pledges-to-serve-ghana-in-different-capacity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=12815","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Partey Turns Down Black Stars Deputy Captain Role, Pledges to Serve Ghana in Different Capacity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2025\/02\/Thomas-Partey-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2025\/02\/Thomas-Partey-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2025\/02\/Thomas-Partey-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2025\/02\/Thomas-Partey-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thomas Partey has reportedly rejected the position of Black Stars deputy captain to focus on serving Ghana in different capacity as a team member, media reports have claimed.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 31-year-old has confirmed his decision to Black Stars Coach Otto Addo and the leadership of the Ghana Football Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Partey, originally a deputy to celebrated Andre Ayew, now wants to&nbsp;contribute to the team without necessarily holding a leadership title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ghana international, who has been a key cog for both Arsenal and the Ghana national team. remains committed to representing his country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His decision may be rooted in focusing on his performance and avoiding additional responsibilities that could come with the deputy captaincy role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is now speculated that Fenerbah\u00c3\u00a7e ace Alexander Djiku is in line to named as the new deputy captain of the Black Stars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Djiku has been a strong presence in the national team\u2019s defense, and this potential leadership role could further solidify his standing within the team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Partey continues to play a crucial role for Ghana on the field, this decision underlines his dedication to performing at his best for the Black Stars, even without a formal leadership title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Partey is expected to play a key role for Ghana in the remaining six qualifying matches for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, starting next month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Black Stars will host Chad at home on March 17 before traveling to Morocco to battle Madagascar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thomas Partey has reportedly rejected the position of Black Stars deputy captain to focus on serving Ghana in different capacity as a team member, media [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12816,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12815"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12817,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12815\/revisions\/12817"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}