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Coach CK Akonnor has given reasons for the inclusion of Chelsea left-back Baba Rahman in his squad for next month’s 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Sudan.
The 26-year-old player was on loan to Real Mallorca last season, but his time at the Spanish club was cut short by injuries.
Next month, Ghana will play two qualifiers against Sudan in Cape Coast and Khartoum as the two teams battle for a place in the 2021 African Cup of Nations tournament that was moved to January 2022 due to the corona virus pandemic.
Speaking to GFA news on Friday, coach Akonnor says that Baba is currently playing well and deserves a place on the team.
“Baba Rahman was a regular player here; due to an injury they took him out. Now he is back, he is fit, he is playing very well with his team. Unfortunately, he has not had the opportunity to play in the first team.” .
“But he has had a couple of friendlies since August, September and even recently the 24th October, who played against Liverpool’s second team. And these games, he has played 90 minutes, some are 90 minutes, many 90 minutes and of course 70 minutes.
“So we’ve taken a lot of consideration, looking at the fact that we have a little bit of weakness within that area, the full backs, so I thought it was necessary to bring him in to compete with Gideon on that side.” Akonnor added
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