Ghana captain, Andre Ayew says that his sole target with the Black Stars is to win a trophy with the Black Stars.

He has been Ghana captain since 2019 and has been at the round of 16 stage of the AFCON tournament in 2019 and a group stage exit in 2022.

Ayew was part of the Ghana side that reached two finals in 2010 and 2015 AFCON in Angola and Equatorial Guinea which Ghana lost all.

“For myself, to be real, I don’t have personal targets. The only personal target I had— and still have — since I joined the Black Stars was to win a trophy with the team. That’s my only target and I’ve been close a number of times (the 2010 AFCON and 2015 AFCON final).

“I won the Under-20 AFCON and won the Under-20 World Cup trophies, but my only target is to win a trophy in the Black Stars jersey, any trophy that I can win — AFCON or the World Cup trophy. That’s my goal, that’s my aim and that’s what I pray and work hard for every day,” he told the Daily Graphic in an interview.

Ghana has been paired with Portugal, Uruguay and South Korea in Group H at the 2022 World Cup set to begin in Qatar on November 20, 2022.

Ayew concedes the group is difficult for the Black Stars, who have qualified out of the group stages in two of their 3 World Cup appearances, only failing to do so in 2014.

“It’s a tough group, no doubt about it. The first match is against Portugal who are one of the favourites in the tournament, but we are ready. As I said, we have the players, we have the quality and the staff to help us go through this.

“But if you look at all the teams they are ranked higher by FIFA than us, so on paper they are favourites and we are the underdogs. We take it like that,” he concluded