Chris Hughton Subs Local Players Again : Black Stars head coach Chris Hughton did not select any home-based player in his latest squad to face Madagascar during Match-Day Five of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification.
Hughton has watched a number of Ghana Premier League games before his squad was announced on Tuesday but it appears none of the players impressed him as he picks a hundred percent foreign-based list.
The former Brighton and Holve Albion manager did not invite any home-based player in his maiden Black Stars call-ups for the AFCON qualifiers against Angola in March and it was thought that in his subsequent selections , at least a few local players would receive invitations but that is not the case.
Players such as Vincent Atingah of Medeama , Gold Stars’s Abednego Tetteh , Kofi Agbesimah of Bechem United and co have been on some fine form this season and could have been considered by the Ghana gaffer.
The full Ghana squad:
Goalkeepers: Lawrence Ati-Zigi (St. Gallen), Joseph Wollacott (Charlton Athletic), Abdul Manaf Nurudeen (KAS Eupen)
Defenders: Denis Odoi (Club Brugge), Alidu Seidu (Clermont Foot), Gideon Mensah (Auxerre), Patrick Kpozo (Sheriff Tiraspol), Daniel Amartey (Leicester City), Joseph Aidoo (Celta Vigo), Alexander Djiku (Strasbourg), Nicholas Opoku (Amiens)
Midfielders: Thomas Partey (Arsenal FC), Mohammed Kudus (Ajax Amsterdam), Majeed Ashimeru (Anderlecht), Salis Abdul Samed (Lens), Edmund Addo (Spartak Subotica)
Wingers: Joseph Painstil (Genk), Osman Bukari (Red Star Belgrade), KamalDeen Sulemana (Southampton), Ernest Nuamah (FC Nordsjaelland)
Attackers: Andre Ayew (Nottingham Forest), Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), Inaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), Kwasi Okyere Wriedt (Holstein Kiel).
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