Chris Hughton release 55- man provisional squad for 2023 AFCON

The head coach of the Ghana Black Stars, Chris Hughton has released a 55- man provisional squad for the 2023 African Cup of Nations in Cote D’Ivoire next month.

The list was published by the Confederation of African Football as all participating countries are mandated to submit their provisional squad before the final 23 man squad is out by 3 January 2024.

Amongst them is the Black Stars list submitted by head coach Chris Hughton, which includes a lot of returnees like Baba Abdul Rahman, Bernard Tekpetey, Benjamin Tetteh, Andy Yiadom, Daniel Afriyie Barnieh amongst others.

Home-based players Abdul Fatawu Hamidu and Jonathan Sowah maintained their spots in the squad, while Derrick Fordjour, Razak Simpson, George Atuahene, Felix Kyei, Benjamin Asare, Emmanuel Antwi, and John Antwi are also named in the squad

Medeama has 5 players in the squad while Great Olympics and Dreams FC have two players each the others being from Asante Kotoko and Nations FC.

Thomas Partey, who is recovering from injury, has been included in the list with a place also for Tariq Lamptey and Kamaldeen Sulemana, both also nursing injuries.

Yaw Yeboah, who won the 2023 MLS Cup with Columbus Crew, gets a first call-up under Hughton while Brandon Thomas-Asante also gets a first call-up.

The Black Stars are expected to begin their camping ahead of the tournament next week before the final squad is named.

Ghana are chasing their first title triumph in over four decades, having won the tournament for the last time in 1982, when Libya hosted it.

Story by: George Opoku Boateng .gopokuboateng@gmail.com. Ahotor Fm. X- Prekese GH