2023 AFCONQ: Mo Salisu, Tariq Lamptey, Alfred Duncan, Schlupp in Black Stars squad for Madagascar and CAR games

Head coach of the senior national team, the Black Stars, Otto Addo is set to announce his squad for the 2023 African Cup of Nations [AFCON] scheduled to kick off next month.

According to a report in the local media, the Borussia Dortmund assistant coach will name a 40-man squad for the games against Madagascar and the Central African Republic.

However, the squad is expected to be cut down to 35.

Among the fresh names are Mohammed Salisu and Tariq Lamptey while Bernard Mensah and Majeed Ashimeru would make a long return.

Ghana will begin their qualifiers against Madagascar on June 1, 2022, at the Cape Coast Stadium before playing the Central African Republic four days later.

Ghana are in Group E for the qualifiers alongside, Angola, Madagascar, and the Central African Republic.

The four-time AFCON champions will play their final game of the first round of the qualifiers against Angola in September 2022.

In addition to the qualifiers in June, Ghana will play two international friendlies against Japan and Chile ahead of the World Cup.