Head Coach for senior national team, Charles Kwablan Akonnor has announced a 30 – man squad earlier today at the Conference Hall of the Ghana Football Association in Accra.
The likes of Razak Abalora (Kotoko), Danlad Ibrahim(King Faisal), Rashid Nortey (Medeama), Gladson Awako (Great Olympics) and Joseph Adjei (Legon Cities), Ganiyu (Asante Kotoko), as six (6) local players made the shortlist.
The Black Stars will play two friendly games against Morocco in Rabat which comes off on Tuesday June 8, and face Ivory Coast on Saturday June 12, 2021 at the Cape Coast Stadium for the second game.
The friendly games comes to replace the Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifiers which were postponed last week.
In view of that, CK Akonnor will use the friendly games to assess the team ahead of the qualifiers.
Full List below
Goalkeepers: Richard Ofori (Orlando Pirates), Razak Abalora (Asante Kotoko), Ibrahim Danlad (King Faisal)
Left backs: Baba Abdul Rahman (PAOK), Gideon Mensah (Vitoria Guimaraes)
Right backs: Andy Yaidom (Reading FC), Philemon Baffuor (Dreams FC)
Centre backs: Alexander Djiku (Strasbourg FC), Daniel Amartey (Leicester City), Ismail Ganiyu (Asante Kotoko), Joseph Adjei (Legon Cities), Nicholas Opoku (Amiens FC)
Midfield: Mubarak Wakaso (Shenzhen FC), Thomas Partey (Arsenal FC), Kudus Mohammed (Ajax Amsterdam), Rashid Nortey (Medeama SC), Abdul Fatawu Issahaku (Steadfast FC), Emmanuel Lomotey (Amiens SC), Gladson Awako (Great Olympics), Baba Idrissu (RCD Mallorca)
Left Wing: Samuel Owusu (Al-Fayha FC), Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia), Frank Acheampong (Shenzhen FC), Tariqe Fosu Henry (Brentford FC)
Right Wing: Kamal Sowah (OH Leuven), Kamaldeen Sulemana (Nordsjaelland)
Forward: Andre Ayew (Swansea City FC), Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace FC), Kwame Opoku (USM Alger), Joseph Paintsil (Ankaragücu).
