{"id":77030,"date":"2014-12-24T13:04:15","date_gmt":"2014-12-24T13:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=77030"},"modified":"2014-12-24T13:04:15","modified_gmt":"2014-12-24T13:04:15","slug":"official-avram-grant-releases-provisional-afcon-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/official-avram-grant-releases-provisional-afcon-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"OFFICIAL: Avram Grant releases provisional AFCON squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Coach Avram Grant has named a 31-man provisional squad for the 2015 African Cup of nations in Equatorial Guinea next month.<\/p>\n<p>Debut call ups have been handed to five Ghanaian players based in Europe with former U-20 midfielder Frank Acheampong returning to the side.<\/p>\n<p>Defender Samuel Inkoom who plays in the MLS with Houston Dynamos has also returned to the squad that will begin preparations for the tournament.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Provisional Black Stars squad:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Goalkeepers:<\/strong> Razak Braimah (Mirandes, Spain), Adams Stephen (Aduana Stars), Fatau Dauda (AshGold) and Ernest Sowah (Don Bosco, DR Congo)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Defenders<\/strong>: Harrison Afful (Esperance, Tunisia), John Boye (Erciyesspor, Turkey), Jonathan Mensah (Evian, France), Jeffery Schlupp (Leicester City, England), Awal Mohammed (Maritzburg, South Africa), Kwabena Adusei (Mpumalanga Black Aces, South Africa), Baba Rahman (Augsburg, Germany), Gyimah Edwin (Mpumalanga Black Aces, South Africa), Samuel Inkoom (Houston Dynamo, USA), Daniel Amartey, (FC Copenhagen, Denmark)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Midfielders:<\/strong> Rabiu Mohammed (Krasnodar, Russia), Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu (Udinese, Italy), Afriyie Acquah (Parma, Italy), Solomon Asante (T.P. Mazembe, DR Congo), Christian Atsu (Everton, England), Mubarak Wakaso (Celtic, Scotland), Andre Ayew (Olympique Marseille, France), Alfred Duncan (Sampdoria, Italy), Albert Adomah (Middlesbrough, England), Frank Acheampong (Anderlecht, Belgium), Adu Kofi (Malmo, Sweden), Ibrahim Moro (AIK Stockholm, Sweden)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Strikers:<\/strong> Jordan Ayew (Lorient, France), Abdul-Majeed Waris (Trabzonspor, Turkey), Asamoah Gyan (Al Ain, UAE), Kwesi Appiah (Cambridge United, England) and David Accam (Chicago Fire, USA).<br \/>\nSource: Ghanafa.org<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coach Avram Grant has named a 31-man provisional squad for the 2015 African Cup of nations in Equatorial Guinea next month. Debut call ups have been handed to five Ghanaian players based in Europe with former U-20 midfielder Frank Acheampong returning to the side. 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