{"id":12818,"date":"2025-02-27T15:37:39","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T15:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=12818"},"modified":"2025-02-27T15:37:39","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T15:37:39","slug":"mohammed-kudus-prioritizes-national-duty-over-captaincy-seeks-to-be-ghana-patriot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=12818","title":{"rendered":"Mohammed Kudus Prioritizes National Duty Over Captaincy, Seeks to be Ghana Patriot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2025\/02\/kuducap.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2025\/02\/kuducap.jpg 500w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2025\/02\/kuducap-300x179.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>West Ham United star Mohammed Kudus wants to be a true patriot for his native Ghana, rather than getting involved in discussions over Black Stars captaincy.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 24-year-old will no longer captain the team following controversies over Otto Addo&#8217;s decision to hand him the armband during the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Sudan and Niger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The talented forward has emphasized his commitment to serving Ghana on the field without engaging in disputes over leadership roles within the team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His stance highlights his dedication to contributing through his performances, showcasing maturity by prioritizing the team&#8217;s overall success rather than personal ambition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kudus has been a standout player for both his club and the national team, earning widespread praise for his skills and work ethic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By focusing on being a patriot and helping the Black Stars succeed, Kudus demonstrates leadership in his own way, showing that his primary goal is to help Ghana achieve success on the international stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This attitude complements the ongoing developments regarding the team\u2019s leadership, with Jordan Ayew expected to be named the substantive captain while Alexander Djiku deputises.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Ham United star Mohammed Kudus wants to be a true patriot for his native Ghana, rather than getting involved in discussions over Black Stars [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12819,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12818","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\/12818","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=12818"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12820,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12818\/revisions\/12820"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}