The Ghana Black Stars have a crucial double coming up, and the announcement of the final squad has triggered lots of conversations.
The first encounter with Mali comes off on June 6, while the Central African Republic takes its turn on June 10 with hopes of qualification.
Placed in the disadvantageous 4th position, and with three points behind Comoros and a point below Mali, the Black Stars are on a very slippery tangent of the qualifier campaign.
Prior to next week’s crucial encounter, head coach Otto Addo named a 26-man squad at a press conference held at the Ghana Football Association’s (GFA) headquarters in Accra on Wednesday, June 29, 2024.
Astonishingly, the captain’s band, which has been with Andre Ayew since 2019, will now be handed over to an equally well-deserved teammate to lead the Stars to a potential victory.
Dede Ayew featured in the AFCON 2023 in Ivory Coast, where Ghana existed in the group stages, and again got a call-up to play in the international friendlies against Nigeria and Uganda.
Otto Addo, however, named Thomas Partey to represent Ghana as the skipper, and this was confirmed at the press conference.
November last year’s campaign of the Black Stars earned them a win from two matches against Madgascar and a loss to Comoros.
Despite the shaky position of the Black Stars, the coach assured Ghanaians that they would work harder to win and better enhance their qualifying chances for the 2026 World Cup.
