AFCON 2019: Assistant coach Ibrahim Tanko reveals when Black Stars squad will be announced

AFCON 2019: Assistant coach Ibrahim Tanko reveals when Black Stars squad will be announced

There are reports suggesting that Ghana Black Stars coach Kwesi Appiah will reveal the 26-man squad for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations on Friday 10th May, but assistant coach Ibrahim Tanko has refuted these claims.

Ibrahim Tanko while talking to Nhyira FM revealed that the Black Stars squad for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations will be announced on Monday 20th of May.

“The list going around is not the official list from we the technical team .Black Stars provisional list for AFCON 2019 will be officially released on Monday,20th May 2019 and it will be first announced by the NC Spokesman, Dan Kwaku Yeboah,” he told Nhyira FM



He also revealed that they have been keeping tabs on Sulley Muntari and Kevin Prince Boateng but didn’t say if they will be in the squad or not.

“I visited Muntari at his club in Spain to check on him but unfortunately he couldn’t play on the day, Kevin Prince Boateng, on the other hand, has moved from Camp Nou for an away game,” he said.



“Calling for an apology is not our interest, Our job is to call good players to play for Ghana. We only need players who can help the country to achieve success,” he added