From Bilbao to the world. After playing a good game on Saturday against Rayo Vallecano, Inaki Y Nick Williams have to change pace to focus on their respective teams. The Mayo legend will make his debut with Ghana next Friday, the 23rd in a preparatory friendly against Brazil for the World Cup in Qatar, which will be held between November 20 and December 18. The appointment will be in the French city of Le Harve. Four days later they will play against Nicaragua in Lorca (Murcia). This is the first time Athletic’s ‘9’ has entered a selection list after confirming on July 5 through a statement his intention to become a full international with ‘The Black Stars’. Everything also indicates that Bilbao will be one of the fixtures for the World Cup. Ghana have been drawn in Group H with Portugal, Uruguay and the Republic of Korea.
The chances of the rojiblanco footballer to play with this team began after the end of the 2021-22 season, when he traveled with his brother Nico to their country of origin, where he spent part of his vacation before starting the preseason in Lezama on 4 March July.
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The surprise came on Friday. Luis Enrique quotes for the first time Nico for the Absolute for the Nations League matches against Switzerland in La Romareda (Saturday, September 24) and Portugal in Braga (September 27) after becoming a regular with Luis de la Fuente in the U-21s: “Now he is more involved in Athletic . He is a band player and in this type of player we have two profiles: pure extremes and more associative extremes. He is a very interesting footballer with an amazing development. I love it. We have it in lower categories, we have followed for a long time. I think the family will be delighted (he joked) that their two children can go to the World Cup. They will be delighted. Imagine what a party if they both go to the World Cup and if we reach the final it would already be the benchmark. Parents will have a hard time answering who they want to win in the final.”
The Spaniard also had to deal with speculation that the call was an attempt to prevent the youngest brother from deciding to play for Ghana as well. “I am not calling Nico Williams because he can go to Ghana. Also, I would change the rules so that the players could play each year with the national team they want, their feeling is no problem. I am calling him because I see the potential to help us in these two games and because I think he is a very young player, but very interesting”, he explained.
Coach also specified Inaki. “He has not had the opportunity to go to the national team, but he is a player that I like a lot, but then I have to choose and not all of them fit the puzzle,” he said.
Source: La Verdad
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