Black Stars assistant coach tours Europe to monitor players

Black Stars assistant coach Mas-Ud Didi Dramani has travelled to Europe to observe Ghanaian players ahead of the announcement of the preliminary World Cup squad.

His first stop will be in Denmark, where he is expected to monitor Ernest Nuamah.

From Denmark, Dramani will travel to France to watch Abdul Salis Samed, one of the players rumoured to be on Otto Addo’s 55-man list.

Dramani and his technical team members are yet to announce the preliminary squad despite many countries releasing their teams. The Black Stars have until 15 November to name a final squad for the Mundial in Qatar.

They have been drawn alongside Portugal (Europe), South Korea (Asia) and Uruguay (South America) in Group H.

POSSIBLE WORLD CUP SQUAD

Goalkeepers:

GK: Richard Ofori (Orlando Pirates)

GK: Joe Wollacott (Swindon)

GK: Abdul Manaf Nurudeen (Eupen)

Defenders:

DF: Denis Odoi (Club Brugge)

DF: Tariq Lamptey (Brighton)

DF: Alidu Seidu (Clermont)

DF: Joseph Aidoo (Celta Vigo)

DF: Gideon Mensah (Bordeaux)

DF: Daniel Amartey (Leicester)

DF: Alexander Djiku (Strasbourg)

DF: Abdul-Rahman Baba (Reading)

DF: Mohammed Salisu (Southampton)

DF: Stephan Ambrosius (Karlsruher)

Midfielders:

MF: Thomas Partey (Arsenal)

MF: Iddrisu Baba (Real Mallorca)

MF: Elisha Owusu (Gent)

MF: Daniel-Kofi Kyereh (St Pauli)

MF: Mohammed Kudus (Ajax)

MF: Andre Ayew (Al Saad)

MF: Osman Bukari (Nantes)

MF: Kamaldeen Sulemana (Rennes)

MF: Daniel Afriyie Barnieh (Hearts of Oak)

MF: Ransford-Yeboah Konigsdorffer (Hamburg)

MF: Antoine Semenyo (Bristol City)

Forwards:

FW: Abdul Fatawu Issahaku (Sporting CP)

FW: Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace)

FW: Felix Afena-Gyan (Roma)

FW: Inaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao)

FW: Benjamin Tetteh (Hull City)

GROUP H BLACK STARS FIXTURES

Thursday 24 November: Portugal vs Ghana – 16:00

Monday 28 November: South Korea vs Ghana – 13:00

Friday 2 December: Ghana vs Uruguay – 15:00

The World Cup will be played from 20 November to 18 December 2022.