Ex-Ghana midfielder Godwin Attram claims veteran goalkeeper Richard Kingson is streets ahead of 'panicking' Razak Brimah, predicting the experienced shot-stopper can solve the goalkeeping crisis in the Black Stars.
Attram, the current Great Olympics skipper, has been wowed by the outstanding performance of his teammate.
The West Africans have struggled to find the safest pair of hands since Kingson was frozen out of the team with Razak Brimah, Fatau Dauda, Ernest Sowah, Daniel Agyei all failing to step into the plate.
Portland Timbers new recruit Adam Kwarasey came close to cementing the role but has decided against representing the nation over internal issues with the team’s goalkeepers’ trainer.
Kingson, 36, has kept a clean sheet in the last three Premier League games for the Wonder club to re-ignite talks about his recall into the team and Kingson feels he is the right man to solve the problem in post.
“Kingson can solve the Black Stars goalkeeping problems. There is no doubt about that. Keeping the post is about experience. Even if you are 50 you can still be a goalkeeper,” Attram told Goal.
“Goalkeepers are not like we midfielders, defenders and attackers who roam about on the field. Basically, goalkeepers reserve lots of energy and their experience also counts. Kingson can be useful again for Ghana if he is called up.
“We have to change the mentality of our league. Ghana football has to improve and I will entreat other footballers who are reaching the twilight of their career in Europe and elsewhere to come and play in the Ghana Premier League.”
Kwarasey passed a daming verdict of Black Stars goalkeepers’ trainer Nassam Yakubu in the wake of the infamous 2014 World Cup disaster, accusing him of lacking the requisite quality to propel the team.