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Klutse slams money-focused Black Stars for Afcon trophy drought

Former Ghana international Willie Klutse has criticised current members of the national team, claiming players are more focused on personal gains at the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) than winning the trophy.

The West Africans have endured a series of misses since last conquering the continent in 1982.

Last year, the Black Stars' attempt misfired woefully as they suffered a Round of 16 elimination at the hands of Tunisia, their first time of failing to reach the quarter-finals since 2006.

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"I see players projecting themselves for their foreign contracts and forgetting about the agenda of the country," Klutse, a member of Ghana's side which won the nation's third of four Afcon titles in 1978, told Joy News.