KP Boateng dumps Ghana's Black Stars

The GNA Sports can confirm that the AC Milan player has written to the Ghana Football Association (GFA) highlighting his decision to resign from the national Team A side.

Accra , Nov 04, GNA – Ghana Black Stars midfielder, Kevin Prince Boateng has called time on his international career citing personal reasons.

The GNA Sports can confirm that the AC Milan player has written to the Ghana Football Association (GFA) highlighting his decision to resign from the national Team A side.

In a communiqué to the GFA, Boateng said the physical demands of playing for both club and country at high levels are taking a toll on his health.

Boateng explained that after consulting his doctors and family, he has decided to call it quit in order to remain healthy and stay off injuries.

The player, born to a Ghanaian father and a German mother, claimed he is on a special training that could be interrupted by national invitations; hence his decision to call it quits.

The news has been received with shock following the player's pledge to the Black Stars' course barely four weeks ago.

Boateng's pledge came in the wake of President Kwesi Nyantakyie and the assistant Black Stars coach, Kwesi Appiah's visit to Milan last month to speak to the player on the way forward following an alleged frosty relationship with Ghana's coach, Goran Stevanovic that had kept the player out of the team for months.

Boateng was gifted the opportunity to play for Ghana during the build up to the 2010 South Africa World Cup where the Black Stars reached the quarter finals on second attempt.

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