Nine players added to Black Stars squad ahead of AFCON qualifiers

[p]The changes have been made following medical uncertainties surrounding some players originally named in the squad.[/p][p]The additions include four defenders, one midfielder and four forwards as Queiroz strengthens his squad ahead of the three fixtures.[/p][embed guid="f8d8d524-bcc2-4cf5-809c-a2e5baf647dd" url="https://x.com/GhanaBlackstars/status/2102165786265587943?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/wolfsburg/nwkTahLL/"]VfL Wolfsburg[/a] defender [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/adjetey-jonas/lSi0EUb8/"]Jonas Adjetey[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/seidu-alidu/bi8NhkWD/"]Alidu Seidu[/a] of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/nice/YagoQJpq/"]OGC Nice[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/rapid-vienna/rejcUFSs/"]Rapid Bucharest[/a]'s [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/annan-ebenezer/pzewqiVM/"]Ebenezer Annan[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/osasuna/ETdxjU8a/"]Osasuna[/a] defender [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/yeboah-rockson/hWEWbGBH/"]Rockson Yeboah[/a] have been added to the defensive department.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/slovan-bratislava/QRaWdwQf/"]Slovan Bratislava[/a] midfielder [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ibrahim-rahim/vi1f3NP6/"]Rahim Ibrahim[/a] is the sole midfield addition.[/p][p]The attacking options have also been boosted with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/coventry/GOvB22xg/"]Coventry City[/a] forward [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/brandon-thomas-asante/2TmTgQFn/"]Brandon Thomas-Asante[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/derby/Iug0YO0Q/"]Derby County[/a]'s [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fuseini-mohammed/WGjCvAZ0/"]Mohammed Fuseini[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tetteh-benjamin/rqqoj1jM/"]Benjamin Tetteh[/a] of Kalba and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/igdir-fk/pQPEA10Q/"]Igdir FK[/a] forward [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/afena-gyan-felix/G4pacAW7/"]Felix Afena-Gyan[/a] joining the squad.[/p][embed guid="ecfe3ee0-f04e-446b-ae01-95ba8c0e22c5" url="https://x.com/_owurakuampofo/status/2102168217514873161?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Fuseini earns his place after receiving a late call-up following [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kudus-mohammed/hzbcXxIG/"]Mohammed Kudus[/a]' withdrawal from the squad. The Derby forward scored his first goal for the club at the weekend, coming off the bench to rescue a 1-1 draw against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/burnley/z3dmTMMO/"]Burnley[/a].[/p][p]Alidu Seidu also joins the squad after completing a season-long loan move from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/rennes/d2nnj1IE/"]Rennes[/a] to OGC Nice. He made the switch after Nice used the Ligue 1 'joker' provision to sign him outside the normal transfer window.[/p][p]The Black Stars opened camp in Accra on Monday, September 21, with the newly added players expected to join the team as preparations continue.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ghana/nNBjHale/"]Ghana[/a] will begin their 2027 AFCON qualifying campaign against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/boulogne/IL4RHuFr/"]Côte d'Ivoire[/a] on Thursday, September 24, before hosting The [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/gambia/hADVg0uE/"]Gambia[/a] at the Accra Sports Stadium on September 29.[/p][p]The Black Stars will then travel to Morocco for an international friendly against the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/cangzhou-mighty-lions/dhgsqrvS/"]Atlas Lions[/a] at the Grand Stade de Tanger on October 4.[/p][p]The team will continue training on Tuesday as Queiroz prepares his squad for the three upcoming assignments.[/p][image alt="Owuraku Ampofo" id="345f5fd0-6a26-4f45-8078-6462582c5da7" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="b80d301e-faf1-4302-8f78-621c3e084d3d" original-width="1200" original-height="381" /]