Inaki Williams and his brother Nico have reportedly made their final decision after being approached by Ghana Football Association (GFA) to play for the Black Stars.
The two Athletic Bilbao plyers were in the country of their roots for holidays after the end of season in Europe.
After meeting with Ghana FA, the William brothers were expected to announce their nationality switch as Ghana qualify for the coming 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
However, they returned to Spain on Thursday wihtout saying someting concerning their international future.
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Now, Spanish newspaper Mundo Deportivo reports that Inaki and Nico have turned down the possibility of playing for the Black Stars.
Despite the efforts of GFA, both of them returned in Spain to only focus on their club Athletic Club.
As a reminder, Inaki and Nico are still eligigble to play for the Black Stars as the elder only has a call with la Roja in a friendly while his junior brother is yet to be called up by Spanish national team.
Inaki Williams once said it will not be right for him who feels as a Spanish to take the place of someone who deserves a NT call-up in the Black Stars.
“I’m grateful to where I grew and became who I am. Ghana tried to convince me, but I was born in Spain, in Bilbao. I won’t ever forget my family roots, but I feel Basque and can’t con anyone. I would be comfortable with Ghana, I’m sure, but I shouldn’t be there …”, he told The Guardian in October 2021.
“And my mum knows how people love football there: it’s quite something, and she’d be worried about me.
“When my mum’s angry, she swears at us in Ghanaian but we speak Spanish. When my parents came, it was English but we lost that. I could have a conversation in English but it’s not fluent now. When my grandparents call, I speak to them in Twi. I admire and love Ghana, the culture, food, tradition.
“My parents are from Accra and I really enjoy going. But I wasn’t born or raised there, my culture’s here, and there are players for whom it would mean more. I don’t think it would be right to take the place of someone who really deserves to go and who feels Ghana 100%.”