Ghana names a 21-member squad for a tour ahead of the announcement of the final team for the Africa Youth Championship which begins later this month in Rwanda.
From a 25-member playing squad, the Ghana team has whittled down the squad before the January 8 deadline set by the Confederation of African Football, Caf for the submission of the final squad lists for the tournament which starts on January 15 in Rwanda.
Black Satellites coach, Sellas Tetteh has included in his team some seven foreign-based players as the team head out today for Kenya, where they would be continuing with preparations ahead of the finals of the competition.
Team captain Andre Ayew and Nice duo of Abeiku Quansah and Enoch Adu-Kofi are included in the list.
Other foreign-based players who have made the squad are Ransford Osei, Jonathan Mensah, Dominic Adiyah and David Addy.
The draw for the Africa Youth Championship pits the Black Satellites against Mali, Cameroon and hosts nation, Rwanda in Group A.
Ghana would kick off the 16th edition of the two week long tournament against Cameroon at the Stade National in Kigali on January 18, the opening day.
The next group game for Ghana would be against Mali, two days after the opening match before rounding up with a clash against hosts, Rwanda on January 24.
The Caf African Youth Championship is a major international football competition for Caf nations, played by less than 20 years old players and it is held every two years with the four semi-finalists from the tournament in Rwanda qualifying for the Fifa World Youth Championship to be played in Egypt.
If hosts Egypt reach the last four in Rwanda then the 5th place team will qualify for the Under-20 World Cup.
Ghana last played in the Africa Youth Championship at 2003 edition in Burkina Faso where they failed to progress past the group stage.
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Daniel Adjei, Joseph Addo and Robert Dabou
Defenders: Kassimu Ghandi, Samuel Inkoom, David Addy, Philip Boampong, Daniel Addo, Jonathan Mensah, Godfred Rockson, Emmanuel Larbi Koomson
Midfielders: Abeiku Quansah, Enoch Adu-Kofi, Gladson Awaku, Dede Ayew, Emmanuel Agyeman Badu, Gafaru Abdul Nasiru
Strikers: Latif Salifu, Ransford Osei, Dominic Adiyah, Isaac Donkor