The Black Stars of Ghana begins their 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers tonight while having an eye on the World Cup preparations.
Ghana will host Madagascar on Wednesday at the Cape Coast stadium in their opening Group E game before they travel to face Central Africa Republic on Sunday.
Footballghana.com understands a chunk of the squad invited for the AFCON qualifiers will be major part of the squad for the World Cup later this year.
But the only difference are likely to be some foreign born players chasing international switch.
Chelsea winger Callum Hudson-Odoi, Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), Inaki and Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao), and Tariq Lamptey are all considering switching to play for Ghana at the World Cup.
Tariq Lamptey is currently in Ghana with his father for a scheduled meeting with Black Stars technical team.
He met the Ghana Football Association President Kurt Okraku on Tuesday to discuss his desire to play for Ghana.
The aforementioned players will be the only additions for the World Cup if they are able to switch allegiance.
Otto Addo handed call ups to 33 players for the AFCON qualifiers and the Kirin Cup in Japan.
He is expected to use games in the qualifiers as preparations for the 2022 World Cup due to the clumsy nature of the international break.
Ghana have been paired in Group H against Portugal, Uruguay and South Korea ahead of the World Cup.
The Black Stars will play Portugal before taking on South Korea and Uruguay.