Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah has given David Accam of Helsingborg (Sweden) and Jeffery Schlupp (England) callups into the Black Stars team for the pre-tournament camping ahead of Brazil 2014.<\/p>\n
Afriyie Acquah of Parma was also included in the team named by the 53-year old at the Ghana FA Secretariat on Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n
Accam, a graduate of the Right to Dream Acadmy, has been sterling for his club in Sweden, but was seen as an outsider to make the team. <\/p>\n
Schlupp, who has been converted from a striker to a left-back in the last year at Leicester, has helped the club get promotion into the next season of the Barclays Premier League. <\/p>\n
The other surprise may be the exclusion of Isaac Vorsah, who will look back at a season of injury as the reason for his inability to make the team.<\/p>\n
The team will be cut to 23 by the June 2 deadline Fifa have set for all 32 countries participating in the tournament from June 12.<\/p>\n
Initial reaction was largely positive as Appiah’s bravery in dropping experienced players like John Mensah and Isaac Vorsah, as well as the promising Richmond-Boakye Yiadom of Elche in Spain<\/p>\n
Background<\/strong><\/p>\n For the past three weeks, the Ghana coach has been fine-tuning \u00a0the team as he has travelled around the world to meet key players.<\/p>\n Appiah’s insistence in the past week that previously-published lists peddled by local media in the past week were fake turned out to be largely true with the inclusion of Schlupp, Accam and Afriyie Acquah.<\/p>\n Ghana 26-man squad for Brazil <\/b><\/p>\n Goalies: Adam Kwarasey, Fatau Dauda, Stephen Adams<\/p>\n Defenders: Samuel Inkoom, Daniel Opare, Harrison Afful, Jeffery Schlupp, Jonathan Mensah, Rashid Sumaila, Jerry Akaminko, John Boye<\/p>\n Midfielders: Michael Essien, Sulley Muntari, Rabiu Mohammed, Kwadwo Asamoah, Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu, Afryie Acquah, Albert Adomah, Christian Atsu, Andre Ayew, Mubarak Wakaso, David Accam<\/p>\n Forwards: Kevin-Prince Boateng, Asamoah Gyan, Abdul Majeed Waris, Jordan Ayew<\/p>\n By: Gary Al-Smith\/Citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n