Kwesi Appiah excluded John Boye and Afriyie Acquah from his 26-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Uganda due to heath issues, while Thomas Agyapong is likely to follow if his health doesn’t improve in the next couple of days.

Kwesi Appiah named a 26-man squad for the hurdle instead of 23 with the expectation that some of the players might not be declared fit to represent Ghana when they face Uganda on 6 October.

The head coach of the Black Stars will monitor the situation of his 26-man squad with their various European clubs over the weekend, before he takes a final decision on which players to drop

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Ghana will play against Uganda in Kampala, before they face Saudi Arabia on 10 October in an international friendly.

Ghana’s chances of qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup is very slim, lying third in group E of the CAF zone behind Egypt and Uganda.

Below is the full 26-man squad

GOALKEEPERS: Richard Ofori (Martizburg,South Africa), Lawrence Ati (Sochaux, France), Joseph Addo (Aduana Stars)

DEFENDERS: Defenders : Harrison Afful (Columbus,USA), Daniel Opare (Augsburg, Germany) Agbenyenu Lumor (Portimonese, Portugal), Abass Mohammed (Harrisburg City, USA), Kasim Nuhu (Young Boys, Switzerland),  Daniel Amartey (Leicester,England), Jonathan Mensah (Columbus Crew,USA), Nicholas Opoku (Club Africain, Tunisia), Vincent Atinga (Hearts of Oak)

MIDFIELDERS: Thomas Partey (Atletico Madrid, Spain), Joseph Attamah (Bakaksehir, Turkey), Christian Atsu (Newcastle United, England), Kingsley Sarfo (Malmo, Sweden) Alfred Duncan (Sassuolo FC, Italy), Ebenezer Ofori (Stuttgart, Germany), Thomas Agyepong (NAC Breda, Holland), Frank Acheampong (Tianjin TEDA, China), Isaac Twum (Inter Allies), Patrick Twumasi (Astana FC, Kazakhtan)

FORWARDS: Asamoah Gyan (Kayerispor, Turkey), Raphael Dwamena (FC Zurich, Switzerland), John Antwi (Misr Lel-Makkasa, Egypt), Richmond Boakye Yiadom (Crvena Zvezda, Serbia)