Salim Adams Shines as Medeama SC Pushes for League Title
On a humid afternoon in Tarkwa, with the title race tightening around them, Medeama SC needed a statement. Salim Adams delivered it.
The midfielder, in the form of his life, struck twice in a top-of-the-table clash against Gold Stars at the TnA Stadium, dragging Medeama four points clear at the summit of the Ghana Premier League with just four games left. It was the performance of a player playing at full stretch, and it did not go unnoticed.
He walked away with the man-of-the-match award. He may yet walk into the Black Stars dressing room next.
But Adams is not getting carried away.
“Everything depends on Carlos Queiroz. I’m ready for a Black Stars call-up,” he said, refusing to turn a personal hot streak into a public campaign. The message was simple: he has done his part; the rest is out of his hands.
This season, the 22-year-old has grown into one of the league’s most influential midfielders, driving Medeama’s push for what would be only their second league title. His brace against Gold Stars did more than win three points. It sharpened the spotlight on a player already nudging at the national team door.
The timing could hardly be sharper. Queiroz, charged with steering Ghana through the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, has been casting a close eye over the domestic scene. Adams was among several home-based players the Portuguese coach monitored during recent Black Galaxies friendlies against Heart of Lions and Aduana FC, low-key fixtures that suddenly carry high stakes for those dreaming of a call-up.
The sense around the league is shifting. Local players, long fighting for space in a squad dominated by foreign-based names, feel the door creaking open again. Queiroz has not revealed his final list, but the expectation is real: if form in the Ghana Premier League counts, Adams is firmly in the conversation.
Medeama’s position helps his case. Four points clear, four matches to go, and a midfield general at the heart of it all. Every tackle, every pass, every late run into the box now doubles as an audition tape.
There is a hard deadline looming. Queiroz is expected to name his squad by June 1, with Ghana’s World Cup campaign set to begin on June 17 against Panama in Toronto, followed by meetings with England and Croatia. Those are fixtures that demand composure, legs, and courage in midfield.
Adams cannot pick himself. He knows that. What he can do is keep winning games, keep dictating play, keep forcing the conversation in his direction.
If Medeama finish the job and lift the title, and if his form holds, the real question may not be whether Salim Adams is ready for the Black Stars – but whether Carlos Queiroz can afford to leave him out.
