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Arsenal midfielder, Swansea City ace Andre and Crystal Palace forward Jordan will be exempt from the next double header
Ghana’s Premier League and Championship contingent, including Arsenal midfielder Thomas Teye Partey, Crystal Palace forward Jordan Ayew and Swansea City forward Andre Ayew, have been left out of the final Black Stars squad for the upcoming 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matches against South Africa and São Tomé. e Principe.
Crystal Palace midfielder Jeffrey Schlupp, Newcastle United winger Christian Atsu, Leicester City defender Daniel Amartey, Reading right-back Andy Yiadom and Brentford striker Tariqe Fosu have all been eliminated, but League 2 midfielder Kwame Afriyie Poku, who plays for Rochdale, has been called up. for the first time.
A final team of 29 players has been called up for the March 25 away clash with Bafana Bafana in Johannesburg and a home match with São Tomé in Accra three days later.
The Premier League and Championship contingent has been left off the new list due to clubs’ reluctance to release them for the trip to South Africa, a country on the UK’s red list of countries at risk of coronavirus.
A trip from that country to the United Kingdom will require 10 days of mandatory hotel quarantine, a directive that will cause players to miss a number of club matches upon returning from international duties.
Amid speculation that Premier League / EFL players will be exempted from the trip to South Africa but will be available for the home game against Sao Tome, Swansea on Thursday interestingly announced a call-up from Ayew Ghana, suggesting their imminent trip to africa
French duo Nicholas Opoku and Emmanuel Lomotey have been called up despite a unanimous decision by French Ligue 1 and 2 clubs to reject all international calls for players from Africa.
Orlando Pirates goalkeeper Richard Ofori, who was injured during a Caf Champions League clash with ES Setif of Algeria, has also been called up.
Former Bayern Munich forward Kwasi Okyere Wriedt returns to the Black Stars for the first time since 2018, while Italian striker Emmanuel Gyasi, Gent winger Osman Bukari, Manchester loan Kamal Sowah and the 17-year-old are summoned for the first time. Ghana’s second division league sensation Abdul Fatawu Issahaku, who won the Best Player award at the recent U-20 Africa Cup of Nations tournament in Mauritania.
German-born Hamburg center-back Stephen Ambrocius, who has been named to the German squad for the upcoming European Under-21 Championship, is also on the Ghana squad, his first call-up in his parents’ country.
Ghana full team:
Goalkeepers: Richard Ofori (Orlando Pirates – South Africa), Razak Abalora (Asante Kotoko – Ghana), Eric Ofori Antwi (Medeama SC – Ghana), Danlad Ibrahim (Asante Kotoko – Ghana)
Side: Baba Abdul Rahman (PAOK – Greece), Gideon Mensah (Vitoria de Guimaraes – Portugal), Benson Annan (MLK Zilina – Slovakia), Philemon Baffuor (Dreams FC – Ghana)
Central Defenders: Nicholas Opoku (Amiens SC – France), Kasim Nuhu (1899 Hoffenheim – Germany), Ganiyu Ismael (Asante Kotoko – Ghana), Stephen Ambrosius (Hamburger SV – Germany)
Central Midfield: Kudus Mohammed (Ajax Amsterdam – Netherlands), Mubarak Wakaso (Jiangsu Suning FC – China), Afriyie Acquah (Yeni Malatyaspor – Turkey), Emmanuel Lomotey (Amiens SC – France), Iddrisu Baba (RCD Mallorca – Spain), Gladson Awako (Great Olympics -Ghana), Kwame Afriyie Poku (Colchester United – England)
Left attacking midfielder: Osman Bukari (Gent – Belgium), Joseph Esso (Dreams FC – Ghana)
Right attacking midfielder: Kamal Sowah (OH Leuven – Belgium), Fatawu Issahaku (Steadfast FC – Ghana)
Forward: Emmanuel Boateng (Dalian Professional – China), Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia – Italy), Kwame Opoku (Asante Kotoko – Ghana), John Antwi (Pyramids FC – Egypt), Kwasi Okyere Wriedt (Willem II – Netherlands), Caleb Ekuban ( Trabzonspor – Turkey)
