Jonas Adjetey #4

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After making 29 starts in 32 appearances in his breakthrough campaign and enjoying four years with Basel, Adjetey moved to Wolfsburg for a reported €10m at the start of this year, and made swift progress, improving his consistency, timing his tackles better, and perfecting long diagonal balls. His development, and Mohammed Salisu’s unfortunate ACL injury, have made him almost an automatic pick for Ghana this summer. He had a tough upbringing in Teshie, a suburb of Accra. “We didn’t really have much,” he told Wolfsburg’s website. “You go to school, play football and help your parents. Three things, every day.” When he needed football boots he had to get up at 5am and go to a construction site with his friends. “I had to work. I helped out there so I could afford them.” Then he lost his father in a car accident. “I am very sad that he can no longer witness what he invested so much time and passion in … My parents gave everything for my sister and me.”

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