Ghana to pursue England youth star Joe Dodoo for AFCON

The Ghana Football Association are set to pursue the service of Leicester city prodigy Joe Dodoo for next year Africa cup of nations.

Dodoo has established himself as one of the brightest youth players in England. He marked his Leicester City senior debut in the just ended season by bagging a stunning hat-trick.

The 20-year old was handed a call-up by Black Stars coach Avram Grant but due to nationality switch problems he was dropped from the squad.

However, he took park of the team's training at the Accra sports stadium while on holiday in his native country.

Dodoo was born to Ghanaian parents but migrated to the United Kingdom and has featured once for the English U18 side.

Avram Grant who is an admirer of the budding talent will be hoping the nationality switch is done quickly to have Dodoo available for Gabon.