Black Stars coach, Charles Akonnor Head coach of the Ghana senior male national team, Charles Kwablah Akonnor has revealed that the global coronavirus pandemic necessitated his decision to name 32 home-based players for next month’s African Cup of Nations [AFCON] qualifiers. Akonnor enumerated that some of the players invited for the Black Stars‘ last assignment tested positive after returning to their previous clubs which was a worry to him and the GFA. Six Blacks Stars players which included Crystal Palace forward, Jordan Ayew, Gideon Mensah, Joseph Aidoo, Bernard Mensah and some Black Stars management committee members contracted the virus during the team’s training camp in October 2020 for the game against Qatar.