2017 AFCON: Black Stars players to arrive in Congo on Monday for friendly

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Image caption Ghana players in training

Black Stars players will start arriving in their Brazzaville camp on Monday ahead of Tuesday's friendly against Congo, GHANAsoccernet.com can exclusively reveal.

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Coach Avram Grant has lined up the match against the Red Devil in preparation for next week's 2017 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier against Rwanda.

However, several players named in the coach's 24-man squad for the match in Congo can only arrive in Brazzaville just a day before the match.

That is because they have club action on Saturday or Sunday which means most of them will leave their bases on Monday morning and arrive in Brazzaville later in the day.

Grant handed Godfred Donsah his maiden call-up for the Black Stars' 2017 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier against Rwanda.

The first leg, scheduled for September 5, in Kigali will see the Black Stars take on Congo Brazzaville in a friendly match before travelling to Kigali to square off with Rwanda in a Group H qualifier.

Godfred Donsah who impressed at the U-20 World Cup in New Zealand has being called to camp alongside former U-20 Ebenezer Assifuah recalled.

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Also included in the squad is Swansea's Andre Ayew, who missed Ghana's last two matches against Togo and Mauritius due to injury.

Squad:

Goalkeepers: Razak Braimah (Cordoba, Spain), Fatau Dauda (AshGold), Richard Ofori (Wa All Stars)

Defenders: Harrison Afful (Columbus Crew, USA), John Boye (Sivasspor, Turkey), Jonathan Mensah (Evian, France), Jeffery Schlupp (Leicester City, England), Baba Rahman (Chelsea, England), Gyimah Edwin (Orlando Pirates, South Africa), Daniel Amartey, (FC Copenhagen, Denmark)

Midfielders: Rabiu Mohammed (Krasnodar, Russia), Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu (Udinese, Italy), Afriyie Acquah (Torino, Italy), Solomon Asante (T.P. Mazembe, DR Congo), Christian Atsu (Bournemouth, England), Andre Ayew (Swansea City, UK) Mubarak Wakaso (Rubin Kazan, Russia), Bernard Mensah (Getafe, Spain), Godfred Donsah (Bologna, Italy)

Strikers: Asamoah Gyan (SIPG Shanghai, China), Jordan Ayew (Aston Villa, England), Ebenezer Assifuah (Sion, Switzerland), David Accam (Chicago Fire, USA), Richmond Boakye Yiadom(Atalanta, Italy).