Joseph Paintsil has criticized former Black Stars coach, Otto Addo, following his exclusion from the squad for the just-ended 2022 World Cup.
The KRC Genk winger was surprisingly left out of Ghana's squad for the Mundial which was hosted in Qatar after being named in the 55-man provisional squad.
Speaking in an interview at the end of the world Cup, the Ghana international disclosed that he was unfairly treated.
"His [Otto Addo's] decision was unfair. He gave me no valid reason to explain my absence. I told him the same thing during a phone conversation,” the former Tema Youth attacker told Belgian Newspaper Belang van Limburg.
“He told me that there were players ahead of me in the hierarchy. Among them, there were guys who, like me, play in the Jupiler Pro League.
“They didn't have couldn't present the same stats, but Addo said football isn't all about goals and assists," he added.
Prior to the World Cup, Joseph Paintsil was Ghana’s best winger in the world with six goals and six assists after making 14 league appearances for Genk.