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Midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng has been excluded from Ghana�s squad to face Nigeria next month on football reasons, GFA vice president Fred Pappoe has exclusively told GHANAsoccernet.com. The AC Milan midfielder had told Ghana FA officials that he is only recovering from injury and put a doubt over his participation in the game in London. Ghana coach Goran Stevanovic responded by dropping him out of the squad to face the Super Eagles. While Ghana FA officials are privately angry over Boateng�s antics, publicly they are unwilling to condemn the conduct of the player in relations to his attitude towards Black Stars call-ups. Black Stars Management committee chairman claims Boateng has been dropped purely for football reasons. �It is not everybody who can be in the 20-man squad at a particular time,� Pappoe told GHANAsoccernet.com. �There is no case with Kevin-Prince Boateng, the news that is out there is not true. He is not in the squad not for any reason apart from footballing reasons. �You can only go with 20-players and the coaches have taken their decision on the players they�d like to go with.� The 24-year-old has played only twice for the national team after the 2010 World Cup where he excelled. He has since been accused of picking and choosing the games he likes to play for the Black Stars and came under heavy attacks for not showing up for the 2012 Afcon qualifier against Congo after declaring himself unfit. Kevin showed up three days later in London where Ghana was to billed play England in a friendly to officially defend his injury but media reports suggested he wanted to play that particular game at Wembley. The West African derby will be played at Vicarage Road Stadium, home of Watford in London.