Former Black Stars forward, Nii Odartey Lamptey has reiterated that there was nothing like bribery during his time of play.
The "Number 12" video by Anas Aremeyaw Anas has exposed the rot in Ghana football top officials of the Ghana FA were captured on tape accepting bribe.
Former GFA boss and FIFA Council Member, Kwesi Nyantakyi was captured receiving cash gift from supposed investors to sponsor the Ghana Premier League.
Greater Accra Regional Football Association chairman and Executive Committee Member of the Ghana FA, Nii Kormiete Doku, who was filmed taking bribe to influence player selection into the Black Stars B, and numerous referees.
However, according to Lamptey, the selection of players was purely based on talents and hard work because there was no agent or manager available at that time.
'It was hard work and nothing else. There was nothing like your father paying for you to get a position in the team but now that's what is trending and it is affecting the system badly," he told Kofi TV.
The former Aston Villa attacker Odartey claimed that the first time he got to know corruption existed in Ghana football was when he saw the video of an investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas and that made him very sad.
'Let's say we're in the same team and you're better than me, you have the skills and all, but because my father is rich and can afford to pay me into the team, I'll be selected and you'll be dropped. At the end of the day, the team will be made up of rubbish. If we go to play against a team like Germany that does things genuinely, can we cope with them? It's impossible.' He said.
He played as a striker for Aston Villa, Anderlecht, among other teams.