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Austine Edim
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Polymath | Strategy Consultant | Financial Modeler & Analyst | CEO, @apnetconsultng | Visioneer & Promoter, @afri_transcend Philosophy
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If I'm Morocco's coach I'd have REMOVED Ibrahim Diaz a long time ago. What sort of arrogance of player is that?
The man has wasted some of the very incisive chances for Morocco that should have led to a second and third goal. Just dribbling so uselessly and excessively arrogantly that they'd come take the ball from his legs.
Perhaps the reason he can't become a really elite player with awards. He thinks himself too good of a player that he refuses to heed to instructions; he bungles the 'collectively efficiency' that the entire team needs to prosecute games and get more/better results!
Let nobody tell you that @FIFAcom CAN'T do anything (as in the case of referee Altan Omar or Ghana midfielder Thomas Partey) to influence or plead with host countries to GRANT players temporary visas to play or officiate their World Cup matches.
Ghanaian Presidency @GhanaPresidency CAN definitely prevail on its Canadian counterpart, the Prime Minister of Canada, to issue Partey a temporary visa on diplomatic grounds.
It CAN definitely be done if the said country's President has enough dignity, self-assurance and self-respect to DEMAND (howbeit diplomatically) this treatment/favour from Canada's PM! It CAN be done!
Here, US minority Leader, @RepJeffries, imploring and prevailing on US Sec. of State and @StateDept has been able to facilitate visa for a Player's mother to come watch the world cup; not even the player himself (like the case of Partey) or the official himself (like in the case of Omar)!
African Presidents and Leaders, be PROACTIVE for once to DEFEND and PROJECT the image and dignities of your countries and that of your citizens globally!
Star Cape Verdean goalkeeper Vozinha and his mother will be reunited in Miami in time for the match on Sunday.
Thank you to Secretary Rubio, U.S. State Department officials, the government of Cabo Verde and FIFA for working together to make this happen.
Write to Canadian Prime Minister on diplomatic grounds to issue a diplomatic visa (in the least) to Thomas Partey to play your country's opening match.
This solidarity message has far less teethe and effectiveness, based on the enormous executive powers you have as President of Ghana, like a nicely worded Letter to the Prime Minister of Canada imploring him to issue a diplomatic visa to Partey.
If I was President, that's what I'd do; I'd be PROACTIVE in this and do ALL THAT'S NECESSARY to ensure this carefully-crafted systemic 'prejudice' don't affect Partey's chances of playing an opening World Cup game for which he has been registered and is eligible by all lawful standards of the game and of international law!
President John Dramani Mahama has extended a message of solidarity and encouragement to the Black Stars ahead of Ghana's opening match against Panama at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
The President reaffirmed that the Government and people of Ghana stand firmly behind the national team as they begin their fifth FIFA World Cup campaign, urging the players to represent the nation with courage, unity, and pride.
President Mahama also called on Ghanaians in Toronto and across North America to serve as the team's "12th Man," while assuring citizens at home that official television broadcast rights have been secured to ensure nationwide access to every Black Stars match.
"Play for the flag. Play for the children dreaming of greatness in your footsteps."
Go Black Stars!
#MahamaThePresident
#BlackStars
The government of Ghana @GhanaPresidency should [on diplomatic grounds] write to her Canadian counterpart, the Prime Minister of Canada, to grant Thomas Partey visa to play their match in Canada.
The government can sign an undertaking on Partey's behalf promising to produce Partey or repay any damages his presence in Canada can cause if anything goes wrong.
I'm sure there's an executive power of sort that the Prime Minister can use to grant Thomas Partey the visa based on the fact that he's well-known person, an international figure, and the fact that the Ghanaian government considers him their ambassador and will be willing to cooperate fully with the Canadian government in the event anything goes wrong by Partey's presence in their country.
Explore that angle and make it fast, @GhanaPresidency; I'm sure your counterpart, Canadian Prime Minister will grant you that favour. Someday and very soon, the Canadian government may also need such or a different favour from the Ghanaian government!
Do something!
🚨 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: Thomas Partey has lost his final appeal to enter Canada after being denied a visa. 🇬🇭
The 32-year-old’s legal team launched a last-minute challenge in the Federal Court in Ottawa, but the appeal has now been dismissed, meaning Partey remains unable to enter the country. 🚫
He will therefore miss Ghana's first World Cup match against Panama.
(Source: @SkySports)
The government of Ghana @GhanaPresidency should [on diplomatic grounds] write to her Canadian counterpart, the Prime Minister of Canada, to grant Thomas Partey visa to play their match in Canada.
The government can sign an undertaking on Partey's behalf promising to produce Partey or repay any damages his presence in Canada can cause if anything goes wrong.
I'm sure there's an executive power of sort that the Prime Minister can use to grant Thomas Partey the visa based on the fact that he's well-known person, an international figure, and the fact that the Ghanaian government considers him their ambassador and will be willing to cooperate fully with the Canadian government in the event anything goes wrong by Partey's presence in their country.
Explore that angle and make it fast, @GhanaPresidency; I'm sure your counterpart, Canadian Prime Minister will grant you that favour. Someday and very soon, the Canadian government may also need such or a different favour from the Ghanaian government!
Do something!
This is what I'm talking about, Ndiaye @ilimanndiaye10! This is what the "mindset" should be; you go there to WIN THE WORLD CUP; nothing more, nothing less!
With the results coming out of this world cup; I believe African teams are now mature enough, not just in talent (we have that in abundance here, much more than any continent, I dare say) but in THINKING; in the MINDSET that says, WE TOO ARE HERE TO CONQUER THE WORLD AND WE CAN CONQUER THE WORLD!
This is exactly what my #Afritranscendence philosophy @afri_transcend is all about and preaches; the fact that we have the wherewithall, the resources and intelligence in this country and continent, to COMPETE at par with the most advanced and developed regions or countries of the world in all parameters of our developed modern society, and that the time to ASPIRE to DO and ACCOMPLISH this is NOW!
I'm happy with all the African countries and the MENTALITY that's driving them in this world cup; WE ARE NO PUSH OVERS ANY LONGER; WE ARE HERE TO WIN IT! Like Shakira sang in 2010 when Africa in South Africa first hosted the tournament in it's 80 years history then, a song that's become the greatest, most streamed World Cup theme songs in the tournament's modern history, "Its time for Africa!!"
What this world cup has taught us, with Cape Verde again holding Spain to a goalless draw, is that the difference between these so-called big football countries and African teams is not in the talents, but in the efficient and quality institutional/policy LEVERAGE that propels them to dominate. Africa can indeed RULE THE WORLD not just in World Cup; but in several other sectors of our modern economy and modern society.
So, I'm 100% with you, @ilimanndiaye10! Your Senegalese team @fsfofficielle and your Morocco counterparts @equipedumaroc I believe can and will go all the way to WINNING THIS WORLD CUP! So go win it; Africa is behind you!
It's another 14th June again..
Happy birthday to President Donald J. Trump @realdonaldtrump; 45th and 47th President of the United States.
May the Lord continue to strengthen you with all wisdom, strength, steady hands, and a heart to effectively steer your nation's future at this time, even as you also contribute your part in stabilizing and evolving our world.
Happy birthday, Sir; and more grace for the tasks ahead!
#PresidentTrump #BirthdayWishes #45and47theUSPresident #SolidarityMessage
That's one thing he lacks; or probably has not been "coached" to add to his game. The lad is a fantastic defensive midfielder; with strength, stability, agility and excellent ball control/possession. What he now needs is for a coach to FORCE him to be incisive (even destructive) with his passes upfront. DMs who enforce attack are the most consequential and all-round in today's modern football system.
That's where he needs to learn from players like Thomas Partey (in his prime days & moments with Atletico/Arsenal) and Vitinha.
Push/enforce those balls forward, look for decisive line-breaking passes to your strikers (or holding midfielder) upfront, spot and swerve sharp passes to wingers in the right or left, and he easily easily becomes one of the greatest DMs in today's football world!
Bouaddi is a Fantastic player but he’s not what Arsenal need.
I don’t need a controller. I need a destroyer. A ball mover. I have better options.
Brazil truly need Neymar in that midfield afterall!
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Achraf Hakimi has also been charged for attempted rape by a french court and he (like Thomas Partey) has been attending these hearings, following the process (while firmly pleading not guilty; the same case of Thomas Partey) and playing for his club regularly.
So does it mean Hakimi would MISS his opening matches and all in this World Cup because he was charged by a court for an offense he's pleaded not guilty to, has not been convicted, and is going about his professional work?
FIFA (its demagogical allies in these western countries particularly US & Canada) applying selective treatment to different teams and players; it's quite unfortunately.
World Football has never been this 'corrupt', less attractive, disgraceful and unglamorous as we've seen in this so-called World cup!
When it comes to Thomas Partey's posts, The Athletic would deliberately lock their comment section.
They don't want any form of engagement or consciousness raising against their objective; the narrative they want to deliberately project.
Not just this post, but the posts they made about this same payer some days ago, even before this visa ban/refusal from Canada came out today.
Corrupt lot!
Thomas Partey was called up for Ghana’s World Cup squad despite rape and sexual assault charges against him in the United Kingdom but will miss their opening match in Toronto on June 17.
The 32-year-old was granted a visa for the United States and is part of Ghana’s training camp at Bryant University, Rhode Island, but he will be unavailable for his nation’s first match against Panama in Toronto next week after being denied a visa to enter Canada.
Here, The Athletic explains the allegations against Partey — which he denies — and his participation at this World Cup.
https://t.co/NHE33n8S1m
“if you have committed or been convicted of a crime, you may not be allowed into Canada.”
You CORRUPT, The Athletic; your media started flying this kite since some days ago.
You lock your comment section on X, while leaving all other posts of yours open for comments, so you don't have challenging opinions and views and you can PUSH your wicked media narrative and propaganda to 'influence' the trial against Partey.
Partey HASN'T been found guilty by ANY UK court, he denies all charges; why then should you "ochestrate" and "build" this strong media narrative against Partey in a tournament/situation that's totally unrelated to the trial in the UK.
Partey has been playing for Villarreal, while cooperating with the process and attending all the court hearings; why then is this different and you want to strip him of the chance to further his professional credentials in a global fiesta that's he's qualified for?
You guys should stop this surreptitious propaganda and plot against this young man, The Athletic!
Thomas Partey will play no part in Ghana’s first World Cup game in Toronto as he has been denied entry to Canada, sources have told The Athletic.
Ghana are set to open their tournament at Toronto’s BMO Field against Panama on Wednesday, June 17 but sources familiar with the process, who are not authorised to discuss it publicly, have told The Athletic that Partey cannot travel to Canada and therefore will not be able to feature.
The Canadian government website outlines that, “if you have committed or been convicted of a crime, you may not be allowed into Canada.” Partey has been charged, but is awaiting trial and has not been convicted.
He denies the charges.
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The British media (Athletic and the rest) are corrupt organizations. Working in cahoots with their system to very egregiously defame and/or try to 'convict' someone that's worked faithfully in that country and brought so much joy to many British fans who were Arsenal fans.
This is very inhuman and the British media/system should STOP this evil plot. See how the Manchester United former player's life (Mason Greenwood) was almost ruined for an allegation that were eventually just dropped so casually and irresponsibly like that.
It's crazy what human beings, leveraging our sometimes corrupt/lopsided systems, can dare to ruin the lives of others for very petty and especially unconfirmed and bizarre reasons.
Yesterday, the Athletic and some other British media outlets published stories about Thomas Partey’s gr@pe allegations and questioned whether he should be allowed to represent Ghana at the World Cup while the case was still in court. They debated whether he should be allowed to play or not.
Today, Thomas Partey has been denied entry into the United States and is set to miss all three of Ghana’s group stage games.
They sat down, discussed it, and decided that Partey should not be allowed to play.
Crucifixion before court judgement is worse than d£@th
The Canadian government we think is working in cahoots with the corrupt EU/UK institutions to convict Partey even before trial.
No court in the UK has found Partey guilty for any or all the charges and accusations leveled against him.
Someone hasn't been found guilty, trial STILL going on (of which the said accused has pleaded not guilty) and you DENY him visa for what reason exactly?
Has the Canadian government now arrogated itself the position of a judge in an English court to find Thomas Partey guilty?
This whole thing is a big mess; a real stain to this world cup, FIFA and especially these north American countries and their (questionable) commitment to the ethos and spirit of world football.
Perhaps the reason why the US/Canada would hardly hardly ever come close to winning the World Cup, nor even reaching the semi finals of it!
🚨🇬🇭 Thomas Partey, denied access to Canada and not available for Ghana opening game at the World Cup — reports @Dan_Sheldon_.
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