Jordan
and Andre Ayew have both been left out of the Ghana squad for their 2018 World
Cup qualifier in Uganda.
The
brothers played for their English Premier League clubs at the weekend but
pulled out of the Ghana squad for their last World Cup tie against Congo,
following knee injury and stomach illness.
The
Black Stars know that even with a win in Kampala their World Cup dreams will be
over if Egypt overcome visiting Congo Brazzaville on Sunday.
Ghana
coach Kwesi Appiah has named a 26-man squad for the tie on 7 October with several
new players including Kingsley Sarfo of Swedish side Malmo, USA-based Abass
Mohammed and Kasim Nuhu of Swiss club Young Boys.
Locally-based
stars Vincent Atinga from Hearts of Oak and Inter Allies ace Isaac Twum are the
other debutants, while, Germany-based defender Daniel Opare returns to the side
for the first time since the 2014 World Cup in Brazil after playing well for
his German club Augsburg.
Captain
Asamoah Gyan is joined by other experienced players like Atletico Madrid’s
Thomas Partey, who scored a hat-trick in the 5-1 win over Congo earlier this
month.
The squad will be reduced to 23 players before
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