Crystal Palace boss disappointed about letting Jordan Ayew leave for international duty

Published on: 10 November 2020

Crystal Palace coach, Roy Hodgson, has revealed his disappointment at letting Jordan Ayew leave the Premier League club to represent the Black Stars.

In his last international trip, Ayew returned and tested positive for COVID-19 which left him out of the side for more than two weeks.

Due to this, Hodgson is disappointed to let him go again.

"I am a little bit disappointed that players are going to go as far as Africa to play matches," Hodgson has said, as reported by his club's official website.

"I don’t know that in this Covid world and environment in which we live, it is really great news to be sending your players to places like Sudan and Mauritius.

"But it is something that we probably have to do, but I am just hoping this time the countries that they go and play for will look after them well because the last time we lost Jordan Ayew for two weeks."