{"id":762,"date":"2024-01-01T23:06:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-01T23:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghnewsbay.com\/?p=762"},"modified":"2024-05-19T00:21:09","modified_gmt":"2024-05-19T00:21:09","slug":"afcon-2023-ghana-black-stars-coach-hughton-names-27-man-black-stars-squad-drops-partey-lamptey-and-fatawu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ghnewsbay.com\/?p=762","title":{"rendered":"AFCON 2023: Ghana Black Stars  Coach, Hughton names 27-man Black Stars squad, drops Partey, Lamptey and Fatawu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; font-family: Sarabun; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 30px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative;\">\n<div style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; 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box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">Notable names missing from the squad include Thomas Partey, Tariq Lamptey, Fataw Issahaku and Baba Rahman.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">Partey has not played a competitive game since Ghana\u2019s October friendly games against Mexico and the United States of America.<\/p>\n<div style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: auto; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; width: 780px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: transparent; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; opacity: 0; outline: none; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; visibility: visible; width: 780px;\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Advertisement\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\"><iframe style=\"border-style: initial; 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box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">Three Ghana Premier League players have, however, been named in Hughton\u2019s 27-man squad with Asante Kotoko\u2019s Richmond Lamptey making the cut.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">The other two are Medeama duo Hamid Abdul Fatawu and Jonathan Sowah who gained their maiden Black Stars call-ups under the Irish trainer.<\/p>\n<div style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; list-style: none; margin: 6px auto; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; z-index: 2;\"><\/div>\n<h4 style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.4; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">See full squad below:<\/h4>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; 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