Afcon U23: Black Meteors head coach Ibrahim Tanko announce squad ahead of tournament in Egypt

Head coach of the Ghana U23 team Ibrahim Tanko has released a 21-man squad for the upcoming U23 Africa Cup of Nations Championship in Egypt this month

The squad comprises eleven foreign based players and ten local based players with notably exclusion of midfield dynamo Majeed Ashimeru and left back Gideon Mensah as their respective European clubs have refused to release them ahead of the competition

Ghana premier league giants Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Asante Kotoko have combined five players on the list with two and three players respectively

The tournament begins from the 8-22 of November in Egypt

Below is the list of the squad:

GOALKEEPERS:

Baah Kwame Jnr (Asante Kotoko SC, Ghana)
Richmond Ayi (Hearts of Oak, Ghana)
Ibrahim Danlad (Asante Kotoko SC, Ghana)

DEFENDERS:

Kingsley Fobi (CB Badajoz, Spain)
Edward Sarpong (Esperanca de Lagos, Spain)
Emmanuel Cudjoe (Attram De Visser, Ghana)
Zackaria Fuseini (Berekum Chelsea, Ghana)
Will Dankyi (Hearts of Oak, Ghana)
Habib Mohammed (Asante Kotoko SC, Ghana)
Robin Polley (ADO Den Haag, Netherlands)

MIDFIELDERS:

Evans Osei Wusu (Tema Youth FC, Ghana)
Simon Zibo (Vitoria Guimaraes, Portugal)
Nurudeen Abdul-Aziz (Vision FC, Ghana)
Emmanuel Lomotey (Extremadura UD, Spain)
Yaw Yeboah (Celta Vigo B, Spain)
Evans Mensah (HJK Helsinki, Finland)
Michael Agbekpornu (Dreams FC, Ghana)

STRIKERS:

Frank Arhin (Dalkurd FF, Sweden)
Kwabena Owusu (Cordoba CF, Spain)
Ropapa Mensah (Nashville SC, USA)
Samuel Obeng Gyabaa (Real Oviedo, Spain)

By: Kanyiri Suburu Lucio/@SuburuAbdulai