Ghana AFCON 2021 squad: AS Roma teen star Felix Afena-Gyan in Black Stars 30-man provisional squad

AS Roma youngster Felix Afena-Gyan has been included in the 30-man provisional Black Stars squad released by coach Milovan Rajevac.

The four-time African champions are among the 24 countries to partake in the prestigious tournament set for January 2022.

The much-anticipated tournament has been slated between January 9 and February 6, 2022 in the Central African country.

Ghana will be searching for a fifth AFCON trophy next year after last winning it in 1982.

The Black Stars of Ghana will hope to end their trophy drought in the upcoming 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon.

Ghana coach, Milovan Rajevac on Tuesday announced a 30-man provisional squad for the continental showpiece which included the in-form Roma attacker.

He has been on top form since breaking into the senior team managed by Jose Mourinho.

But it is unknown whether the Ghanaian will honour the call up having rejected the opportunity to feature for Ghana against Ethiopia and South Africa in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers last month.

Black Stars will commence their preparations in Doha, Qatar on December 23 and will be in the Asian country for a period of three weeks.

They will play three games to give coach Rajevac the opportunity to assess his squad.

Ghana are expected to play a yet to named club side on Tuesday, December 28, before taking on one of the qualified teams (Egypt or Sudan) on Friday, January 1, 2022, in another friendly.

The team will wrap up their test matches against African Champions Algeria on January 5.

Ghana has been paired with Morocco, Gabon and Comoros at the 33rd AFCON tournament.

The delayed tournament will start on January 9 with the Black Stars playing their first match the next day against Morocco.

Their next game is against Gabon on January 14 before wrapping up their group stage campaign four days later against debutants Comoros.