{"id":1116209,"date":"2022-06-09T17:28:25","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T17:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/06\/09\/18-man-ghana-squad-for-four-nation-tournament-in-japan-after-several-withdrawals\/"},"modified":"2022-06-09T17:28:25","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T17:28:25","slug":"18-man-ghana-squad-for-four-nation-tournament-in-japan-after-several-withdrawals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/06\/09\/18-man-ghana-squad-for-four-nation-tournament-in-japan-after-several-withdrawals\/","title":{"rendered":"18-man Ghana Squad For Four-nation Tournament In Japan After Several Withdrawals |"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Black Stars arrived in Japan on Wednesday without several players who have withdrawn from the squad for the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana take on the host country in the semi-finals of the 21st edition of the international friendly tournament at the Noevir Stadium Kobe in Kobe on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Otto Addo&#8217;s side will later face either Chile or Tunisia in the 3rd place playoff or in the finals on Tuesday at the Panasonic Stadium Suita in Osaka.<\/p>\n<p>First choice goalkeeper Jojo Wollacot, Gideon Mensah, Jonathan Mensah, Richard Ofori, Antoine Selorm Semenyo and Elisha Owusu didn&#8217;t travel with the team to the Asian country for the two friendlies.<\/p>\n<p>There are other players who also withdrew from the team due injuries, ailments or permission to return to their clubs to hold talks over a possible move away this summer transfer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The players left for the four-nation tournament are as follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Goalkeepers:\u00a0<\/strong>12 Lawrence Ati Jigi (FC St. Gallen\/Switzerland), 1 Abdul Manaf Nurudene (KAS Eupen \/ Belgium\u00a0)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Defenders:<\/strong> 11 Mubarak Wakaso (Shenzhen FC\/China), 2 Andrew Yiadom (Reading FC\/England), 17 Abdul Rahman Baba (Reading FC\/England), 18 Daniel Amatey (LeicesterCity\/England), 5 Dennis Nkrumah Korsah (Hearts Of Oak\/Ghana), 3 Alidu Seidu (Clermont Foot 63\/France)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Midfielders:<\/strong>\u00a010 Andre Morgan Ayew (Alsad\/Qatar), 6 Edmund Addo (FC Sheriff Tiraspol\/Moldova), 7 Abdul Fatawu (Sporting Lisbon\/Portugal), 20 Kudus Mohammed (Ajax Amsterdam\/Netherlands), 15 Christopher Antwi (SC Padderborn 07\/Germany)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Forwards:<\/strong>\u00a09 Jordan Pierre Ayew (Crystal Palace\/England), 23 Kwesi Okyere Wriedt (Holstein Kiel\/Germany), 19 Benjamin Tetteh (Jeni Malatya Spor\/Turkey), 14 Daniel Afriyie Barnieh (Hearts of Oak\/Ghana), 13 Felix Ohene Afena Gyan (AS Roma\/Italy)<\/p>\n<h3><strong\/><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"peace_black_text_4\">Source: Ghanasoccernet.com<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"clear:both\">\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"peace_red_text_1\">Disclaimer<\/span>: <span class=\"peace_ash_text_1\">Opinions expressed here are those of the writers and do not reflect those of .  accepts no responsibility legal or otherwise for their accuracy of content. 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