Hearts of Oak submit squad for champions league campaign, Afutu excluded

Reigning Ghana Premier League and FA Cup champions, Hearts of Oak have named a 30-man squad that it will use in next season’s CAF Champions League. The list which the Phobians released today includes four goalkeepers, nine defenders, eight midfielders and nine forwards.

New recruits, Gladson Awako, Enock Asubonteng and Agyenim Boateng have all been included in the list to represent the club in Africa. Some notable names are missing and prominent among them is Benjamin Afutu who is rumoured to have declined an offer to extend his deal with the club as he seeks a move away from the Rainbow club.

Also excluded from the list are midfielder Umar Manaf Gumah, Dominic Eshun and Abednego Tetteh. The Phobians will begin their campaign in the second week of September with a trip to Guinea to face Club Industriel de Kamsar.

Below is the list the Phobians submitted to CAF.

Goalkeepers

Richard Attah, Richmond Ayi, Ben Mensah, Richard Baidoo

Defenders

Fatawu Mohammed, Mohammed Alhassan, Nuru Sulley, James Sewornu, Caleb Amankwah, Sumaila Larry, Raddy Ovouka, Robert Addo Sowah, William Denkyi

Midfielders

Emmanuel Nettey, Ansah Botchway, Gladson Awako, Patrick Razak, Ibrahim Salifu, Salim Adams, Michelle Sarpong, Enock Asubonteng

Forwards

Victor Aidoo, Razak Ali, Isaac Mensah, Kwadwo Obeng Jnr, Afriyie Barnieh, Kofi Kordzi, Suraj Seidu, Agyenim Boateng, Issah Kakuh

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