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2022 WCQ: Milo prunes Black Stars squad to 27 for Zimbabwe ties

Black Stars coach, Milovan Rajevac has whittled down to 27 his initial 32-man squad for the 2022 Fifa World Cup qualifiers against Zimbabwe.

Ghana are set to battle the Warriors twice on October 9 and 12 in Cape Coast and. Harare respectively.

The Serbian tactician had last Monday released a provisional squad of 32 to prosecute the Group G match-day 3 and 4 fixtures against the Zimbabweans.

Now Milo has dropped five of the players before the Black Stars open camp Tuesday, the Ghana Football Association (GFA) has announced.

The players dropped from the provisional squad include defender Ismail Abdul Ganiyu (Asante Kotoko), midfielders Joseph Alfred Duncan (Fiorentina) and Mubarak Wakaso (Shenzhen FC) as well as forwards Tariqe Fosu Henry (Brentford FC) and Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia Calcio).

The team is expected to travel to Cape Coast Tuesday afternoon with back-to-Bataan coach Milovan Rajevac scheduled to supervise his first training later in the evening.

Ghana will be seeking to get back to winning ways following the 1-0 defeat to South Africa in the second Group G game last month.

The Black Stars, who began the World Cup qualifying campaign with a 1-0 win over Ethiopia on match-day one, sit second in the group with three points.

Ghana’s 27-man squad:

Goalkeepers: Lawrence Ati- Zigi (FC St. Gallen), Richard Atta (Hearts of Oak), Ibrahim Danlad, (Asante Kotoko), Jojo Wollacott (Swindon Town)

Defenders: Philemon Baffuor (Dreams FC), Andrew Yiadom (Reading FC), Gideon Mensah (Bordeaux), Baba Abdul Rahman (Reading FC), Daniel Amartey (Leicester City), Joseph Aidoo (Celta Vigo), Jonathan Mensah (Columbus Crew), Alexander Djiku (Strasbourg).

Midfielders: Thomas Partey (Arsenal FC), Baba Idrissu (Real Mallorca), Emmanuel Lomotey (Amiens), Mohammed Kudus (Ajax Amsterdam), Majeed Ashimeru (RSC Anderlecht), Kofi Kyere (St. Pauli), Abdul Fatawu Issahaku (Steadfast FC).

Forwards:  Andre Ayew (Al Sadd SC), Kamaldeen Suleymana (Rennes), Joel Fameyeh (Orenburg), Yaw Yeboah (Wisła Kraków), Samuel Owusu (Al-Fayha FC), Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), Caleb Ekuban (Genoa), Benjamin Tetteh (Yeni Malatyaspor)

 

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