Former National Sports Authority [NSA] board chairman, Kwadwo Baah Agyemang has revealed that AS Roma youngster, Felix Afena-Gyan has been named in Black Stars squad for the 2022 World Cup playoff games against Nigeria.
The promising 19-year-old has been monitored by the Ghana Football Association [GFA] after breaking into the first team of the Serie A giants.
Afena-Gyan was handed a call up by Milovan Rajevac in November ahead of the World Cup qualifiers against South Africa,
However, the youngster turned down the call-up, citing he wants to focus on his development at the club.
Ahead of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations [AFCON] in Cameroon, the youngster was again named in Ghana's squad but failed to show up.
With the Black Stars scheduled to play Nigeria at the Baba Yara Stadium in the first leg of the playoffs on March 25, Afena-Gyan has accepted to show for the two crucial games.
"Felix Afena-Gyan is in the Black Stars team to face Nigeria," Kwadwo Baah Agyemang told Accra based Starr FM.
Afena Gyan has featured 14 times in the ongoing campaign and has scored two goals in the process.
Meanwhile, the Black Stars will be hosted at the Abiola National Stadium in Abuja in the reverse game on March 29.
With the technical team yet to name the Black Stars squad for the game, the players are expected to arrive in the country on Monday.
The players together with the technical team will jet off to Kumasi on Tuesday morning where they will be camping and will hold their first training session on Tuesday evening at the Baba Yara Stadium.
Having missed out in the last edition of the Mundial, the Black Stars are seeking to play in the World Cup for the fourth time having played in the 2006, 2010 and 2014 in Germany, South Africa and Brazil respectively.