{"id":12836,"date":"2025-02-27T15:54:28","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T15:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=12836"},"modified":"2025-02-27T15:54:28","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T15:54:28","slug":"mohammed-kudus-relinquishes-iconic-no-10-jersey-for-black-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=12836","title":{"rendered":"Mohammed Kudus Relinquishes Iconic No.10 Jersey for Black Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2025\/02\/Kudus-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12837\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ghana star Mohammed Kudus has dropped the iconic No.10 jersey for the Black Stars, GHANAsoccernet.com can exclusively report.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 24-year-old wore the iconic shirt during the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Sudan and Niger last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The top Ghana player has decided to drop the famous No.10 jersey ahead of the remaining qualifying matches for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s unclear whether this decision was motivated by personal reasons, a desire to reduce pressure associated with the number, or a willingness to allow other players to wear the iconic jersey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite this change, Kudus remains committed to serving Ghana and contributing to the national team\u2019s success, irrespective of the number he wears on his back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This development comes amid ongoing discussions about leadership roles within the team, but Kudus&#8217; focus seems to remain on playing his best for the Black Stars rather than the symbolism or prestige that often accompanies certain numbers or positions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana star Mohammed Kudus has dropped the iconic No.10 jersey for the Black Stars, GHANAsoccernet.com can exclusively report. The 24-year-old wore the iconic shirt during [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12837,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12836","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\/12836","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=12836"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12838,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12836\/revisions\/12838"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}