Black Stars head coach Otto Addo has reiterated the reason to omit Andre Dede Ayew from his squad for the second batch of qualifiers in a row.
Ghana’s National Men’s Football Team head coach made this known in his presser where he announced the 26 man squad for Black Stars 2025 AFCON qualifiers in September.
Ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers in June, the former Le Havre player wasn’t named in the squad that beat Mali and Central African Republic.
Responding to a question about Ayew’s absence, Otto Addo pointed to the need to build a Black Stars squad for the future.
“Like I said the last time, we have to look a little bit further, we have to look to the next AFCON but also if the Lord permits we might qualify for the (2026) World Cup also for that so we are looking at one, two, three years ahead and we have to build a squad for that.”
“I said it the last time, the reasons why we chose some younger players or some other players to come into the squad. I think we did quite well the last time even though it was very tough. We are looking to long term development and that’s why we decided, also last time, not to invite Andre (Ayew).”
