Mumuni earns late call into Ghana U20 team for Italy trip

New Edubiase United captain Mumuni Abubakar has earned a late Ghana Under-20 team, GHANAsoccernet.com can exclusively reveal.

The 18-year-old was conspicuously left out of the initial 22-man squad released by coach Oti Akenteng which sparked a huge media storm over his exclusion.


The midfielder will join his teammates at the Ghanaman Soccer School of Excellence in Prampram on Wednesday morning.


The national Under-20 team will play Italy next month before engaging the youth teams of Parma and Sampdoria.


Mumuni was named the Sports Writers Association of Ghana Premier League Player of Year for last season.


Despite his achievements he was shockingly left out of the Black Satellites team which he could potentially captain.


He played all 30 matches and picked one yellow card.

Mumuni was a member of the Ghana squad which won a historic All Africa Games gold medalist in Maputo, Mozambique.


This late inclusion brings to light the issue of how players are called-up into the youth national teams which has recently generated lots of debate.


Another player whose exclusion has raised eyebrows is young midfielder Aaron Amoah of AshantiGold who scored two goals at the midweek.


He was named Ghana Young Player of the Year two years ago and almost single-handedly rescued Mighty Jets last season.


There have been calls for openness in the way players are called into the youth national team as there is suspicion that the right players are excluded which have led to recent failures by the U17s and the U20s.


Some have called for the scrapping of the unwritten law that excludes players in the Premier League from playing in the U17 national team.