AFCON: Otto Addo Drops Another Top Players From Squad
The Black Stars of Ghana are scheduled to play their counterparts from Madagascar and Central African Republic in the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers in June.
Head coach, Otto Addo has named a 33-man squad to play in these qualifiers as well as the four nation tournament to be held in Japan.
The list includes Jonathan Mensah, Mubarak Wakaso, Kamaldeen Sulemana and Captain Andre Dede Ayew who are making a return to the senior national after a little absence.
Thomas Partey and Alexander Djiku are out of the team due fitness issues and are expected to be in the subsequent with fervent hope that they become fully fit.
Amongst those who made the list are two local players who are Accra Hearts of Oak’s Daniel Afriyie Barnieh and Bechem United’s winger, Augustine Okrah.
See the full list below:
Goalkeepers
Jojo Wallacott (Swindon Town), Abdul Manaf Nurudeen (Eupen), Lawrence Ati Zigi (FC St. Gallen), Richard Ofori (Orlando Pirates),
Defenders
Dennis Odoi (FC Brugge), Alidu Seidu (Clermont Foot), Gideon Mensah (Girondins Bordeaux), Abdul-Rahman Baba (FC Reading), Abdul Mumin (Victoria Guimaraes), Daniel Amartey (Leicester City), Joseph Aidoo (Celta Vigo), Jonathan Mensah (Columbus Crew)
Midfielders
Iddrtisu Baba (RCD Mallorca), Edmund Addo (FC Sheriff), Elisha Owusu (KAA Genk), Mohammed Kudus (Ajax Amsterdam), Daniel Kofi Kyereh (FC St Pauli), Mubarak Wakaso (Shenzhen FC)
Wingers
Joseph Painstil (KRC Genk), Andre Dede Ayew (Al-Sadd SC), Augustine Okrah (Bechem United), Osman Bukari (FC Nantes), Abdul Fatawu Issahaku (Sporting Lisbon), Kamaldeen Sulemana (Stade Rennes), Yaw Yeboah (Columbus Crew), Christopher Antwi Agyei (VFL Bochum)
Strikers
Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), Daniel Afriyie (Hearts of Oak), Felix Afena Gyan (AS Roma), Kwesi Okyere Wriedt (Holstein Kiel), Antoine Semenyo (Bristol City), Benjamin Tetteh (Yeni Malatyaspor), Braydon Manu (SV Darmstadt)
