John Boye to miss China friendly

Rennes defender is set to be ruled out of the Black Stars international friendly against China due to a hamstring injury he sustained in a preseason game against Lorient.

Citi Sports can report that the defender has still not recovered fully from the injury with barely a week for the match to be played.

Boye has been training alone at the French club together with other injured players such as Kevin Theophile (thigh) and Aelxander Tetteh, even as the whole team has been relocated to the town of Guichen.

All the players of the French side, with the exception of the few carrying injuries (including Boye) have not been involved in full scale training. Boye has been restricted to bicycle riding exercises as part of his recovery regime, but is expected to recover in time for the African Nations Cup qualifier against Malawi from next month.

Asamoah Gyan will also make his first appearance following his recent decision to return from 'psychological retirement.' New Juventus hotshot Richmond Boakye-Yiadom will also be called for his debut.

Expected Ghana team

Goalkeepers: Adam Larsen Kwarasey (Strømsgodset, Norway), Daniel Adjei (Liberty Professionals)

Defenders: Lee Addy (Dalian Aerbin, China), Isaac Vorsah (Hoffenheim, Germany), Samuel Inkoom (Dnipro, Ukraine), Jerry Akaminko (Manisaspor, Turkey), Harrison Afful (Esperance, Tunisia), John Mensah (unattached), Daniel Opare (Standard Liege, Belgium)

Midfielders: Andre Ayew (Marseille, France), Kwadwo Asamoah and Richmond Boakye-Yiadom (both Juventus, Italy), Christian Atsu (Rio Ave, Portugal), Derek Boateng (Dnipro,
Ukraine), Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu (Udinese, Italy), Anthony Annan (Schalke 04, Germany)

Forwards: Asamoah Gyan (Al Ain, UAE), Abdul Majid Waris (Hacken, Sweden), Emmanuel Clottey (Berekum Chelsea), Jordan Ayew (Marseille, France), Dominic Adiyiah (Dynamo Kiev, Ukraine)

Citifmonline.com