Laryea Kingston sends Kobbie Mainoo message to Ghana national team

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Former Ghana international Laryea Kingston has shared his views on the Black Stars calling Manchester United youngster Kobbie Mainoo to join the national team.

Mainoo has been shining for United during this season. He has made overall 16 appearances in which he has scored two goals and provided two assists.

“Here is a case where we have a young boy coming up and he is doing well with Manchester United and all of a sudden Ghanaians say we should bring him. Have we thought about integration, how many times has he even come to Ghana?” Kingston told Graphic Sport.

“We need to talk to him, visit him at Manchester United and let him feel that he is welcome then slowly you lure him into the environment. Agogo and Quincy and all those people, some of us were part of their integration. We helped them to fit in and feel comfortable.”

Kingston is currently the assistant coach of Ghana’s U17 national team.

“You have to look at the way Manchester United is using him, then you assess the team that we have now and whether he can fit in or not.

“Because if you look at the Spanish team, they have a lot of players playing even in the Spanish league and are doing well in their clubs, but they would not call them into the national team because they feel their style cannot fit into the national team,” he added.