Southampton centre-back Mohammed Salisu has reportedly turned down Ghana’s call for the World Cup playoffs against Nigeria later this month.

Ghana have been purchasing the 22-year old defender since his time in Spain where he spent two years with Real Valladolid.

But he always rejected the call until his move to Premier League side Southampton FC in August 2020.

Salisu has been recently approached by the Black Stars coaching staff but he once again rejected Otto Addo’s call despite accepting it firstly.

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According to GhanaWeb, his decision is motivated by the fact that Ghana Football Association (GFA) allowed his Youth club, Creative Soccer to contest his status.

Creative Soccer claimed Africa Talents wrongly signed Mohammed Salisu before his transfer to Real Valladolid.

Even though they lost the case at GFA, the club vowed to use all legal means in order to prove that Salisu was wrongly transferred to the La Liga side.

Salisu believes GFA should not allow Creative Soccer to contest his status and should have dismissed their case.

As a result, he rejected the call and will miss the back-to-back clash against Nigeria Super Eagles on March 25 (first leg) and March 29 unless he changes his mind.

In addition, Salisu played 29 games with Southampton this season and scored once.