Avram Grant, the coach of the Black Stars, has named his final 23-man squad ahead of preparations for the African Cup Of Nations to be hosted by Equitorial Guinea.
Sogndal striker Mahatma Otoo , received a late call to replace injured Abdul Majeed Waris while Jeffrey Schlupp also missed out after failing to recover in time from an injury.
However Kwesi Appiah who plays for Cambridge United made his debut call up into the African Nation squad as big names such as Samuel Inkoom were dropped by the Israeli Coach.The Mpumalanga defender, Kwabena Adusei and Ibrahim Moro also fell short of the standards set by Grant for the AFCON 2015 and were dropped.
Ghana squad
Goalkeepers: Razak Braimah (Mirandes, Spain), Fatau Dauda (AshGold) and Ernest Sowah (Don Bosco, DR Congo)
Defenders: Harrison Afful (Esperance, Tunisia), John Boye (Erciyesspor, Turkey), Jonathan Mensah (Evian, France), Awal Mohammed (Maritzburg, South Africa), Baba Rahman (Augsburg, Germany), Gyimah Edwin (Mpumalanga Black Aces, South Africa), Daniel Amartey, (FC Copenhagen, Denmark)
Midfielders: Rabiu Mohammed (Krasnodar, Russia), Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu (Udinese, Italy), Afriyie Acquah (Parma, Italy), Solomon Asante (T.P. Mazembe, DR Congo), Christian Atsu (Everton, England), Mubarak Wakaso (Celtic, Scotland), Andre Ayew (Olympique Marseille, France), Frank Acheampong (Anderlecht, Belgium), David Accam (Chicago Fire, USA)
Strikers: Jordan Ayew (Lorient, France), Mahatma Otoo (Songdal, Norway) Asamoah Gyan (Al Ain, UAE), Kwesi Appiah (Cambridge United, England).