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Fabio Capello needs to brush up on the rules surrounding dual nationality. If he wanted to prevent Danny Welbeck from succumbing to Ghanaian overtures, he's picked him for the wrong game.It might seem the perfect way to quash interest from the Black Stars in the Manchester United forward who has showed flashed of quality on loan at Sunderland this season, in calling him up for his first full cap to play against the World Cup quarter-finalists.
Yes, it might appear to be a very public way of issuing a 'hands-off' warning, but for one minor, though pivotal, detail. It's a friendly. As it's not a full international, the Manchester-born 20-year-old could still jump ship to Ghana, for whom he qualifies through his parents, should he so wish. Nice try, though, Fabio.
Sir Alex Ferguson has branded friendlies a waste of time, and in fulfilling Capello's aim as far as securing Welbeck is concerned on this occasion, the Manchester United manager is right.
His Ghanaian team-mates at Sunderland - Asamoah Gyan, Sulley Muntari and John Mensah have all had a quiet word in Welbeck's ear in the past couple of months to try and persuade him to forsake England to help the cause of one of African football's emerging powers.
A spokesman for Ghana's FA admitted: "We've spoken to Welbeck, he's a player we're interested in and we're doing all we can to try to woo him."
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