Foreign-based players ready to join Stars

Some of the nation’s foreign-based players have expressed genuine interest in playing for he national team in the CAN 2002 tournament.
The players are said to be in constant touch by phone with the national team handlers and top men of the Ghana Football Association (GFA).
A source which disclosed this said, the F/A Chairman, Mr Ben Koufie and Abedi Pele are also in personal touch with the players whilst head coach, Fred Osam Doudu and his monitoring agents in the U.K. are also keeping eye on some of the players.
Among the players keen on offering their services to the national team are Parma’s offensive midfielder Stephen Appiah, striker Charles Amoah of Sturm Graz of Austria, Mohammed Gargo of Serie ‘A’ side Udinese and Emmanuel Duah of Union Leira of Portugal.
According to the Black Stars preparation for the CAN 2002 Mali tourney, a friendly with Mali has been fixed for Christmas day before playing Spain four days later.
It would be recalled that the GFAs plans of forming the Black Stars squad around a core of domestic players was dealt a blow, following the refusal of some clubs to release their players to the national team.

Some of the nation’s foreign-based players have expressed genuine interest in playing for he national team in the CAN 2002 tournament.
The players are said to be in constant touch by phone with the national team handlers and top men of the Ghana Football Association (GFA).
A source which disclosed this said, the F/A Chairman, Mr Ben Koufie and Abedi Pele are also in personal touch with the players whilst head coach, Fred Osam Doudu and his monitoring agents in the U.K. are also keeping eye on some of the players.
Among the players keen on offering their services to the national team are Parma’s offensive midfielder Stephen Appiah, striker Charles Amoah of Sturm Graz of Austria, Mohammed Gargo of Serie ‘A’ side Udinese and Emmanuel Duah of Union Leira of Portugal.
According to the Black Stars preparation for the CAN 2002 Mali tourney, a friendly with Mali has been fixed for Christmas day before playing Spain four days later.
It would be recalled that the GFAs plans of forming the Black Stars squad around a core of domestic players was dealt a blow, following the refusal of some clubs to release their players to the national team.