FC Sheriff Tiraspol sensation Edmund Addo will not make his Black Stars bow this October international window.
The midfielder’s Moldovan club has declined his invitation to the Ghana senior national team for games against Zimbabwe in the African qualifiers to the 2022 Fifa World Cup.
The Ghana Football Association, on Tuesday, September 28, sent Addo an invitation after it became apparent that Fiorentina midfielder Joseph Alfred Duncan could not turn up after being named in a provisional 32-man squad by coach Milovan Rajevac.
But FC Sheriff deemed the invitation too late, as it did not meet the required minimum 10-day prior notice as prescribed by Fifa and subsequently turned it down.
The GFA’s invitation was only eight working days to the first Black Stars game against the Warriors scheduled for the Cape Coast Sports Stadium on Saturday, October 9.
Having only joined FG Sheriff this past summer, Addo has been in imperious form for the Moldovans, playing starring roles in their opening two Uefa Champions League group stage wins over Shakhtar Donetsk and record winners Real Madrid.
Heading into the match-day 3, Ghana are second of the Group G qualifiers tied on three points with Ethiopia. South Africa lead the pack with four points with Zimbabwe bottom with just a point.
