EXCLUSIVE: Mohammed Fuseini receives late Ghana call-up for AFCON qualifiers

[p]The Derby County forward has been drafted into Carlos Queiroz's squad following [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kudus-mohammed/hzbcXxIG/"]Mohammed Kudus[/a]' withdrawal and growing doubts over the availability of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/adu-kwabena-prince/QTKIZWgb/"]Prince Adu Kwabena[/a].[/p][p]Kudus opted out of the international window after recently returning to competitive action for Tottenham Hotspur following a seven-month injury lay-off.[/p][p]The midfielder wants to continue his recovery and regain full fitness before returning to international duty.[/p][embed guid="70b14d10-1890-417b-9b13-d0bba09f657e" url="https://x.com/3SportsGh/status/2101655093783175466?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Adu Kwabena, meanwhile, is facing an anxious wait after suffering a head injury during Viktoria Plzen’s game against Slavia Prague over the weekend.[/p][p]He was stretchered off and is expected to undergo further medical assessment to determine whether he can join the Black Stars.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fuseini-mohammed/WGjCvAZ0/"]Fuseini[/a] now returns to the national team setup more than a year after making his [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ghana/nNBjHale/"]Ghana[/a] debut.[/b][/p][p]The 24-year-old received his maiden Black Stars call-up for the 2025 Unity Cup in London. He made his debut as a late substitute against Nigeria before scoring in his first start against Trinidad and Tobago, helping Ghana to a 4-0 victory in the third-place playoff.[/p][p]Despite making an immediate impact at the tournament, Fuseini had not received another senior call-up until now.[/p][p]The forward has started the 2026/27 season with a move to England, joining Derby County on loan from Belgian side Union Saint-Gilloise.[/p][embed guid="05ca61d3-4f61-46d8-aed0-ce86c6f0c92c" url="https://x.com/_owurakuampofo/status/2101360729165013383?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]He opened his Derby account at the weekend, scoring a late equaliser in [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/burnley-z3dmTMMO/derby-Iug0YO0Q/?mid=nmf1QmW7"]a 1-1 draw against Burnley at Turf Moor[/a].[/p][p]Fuseini came off the bench in the second half before finding the net in stoppage time to rescue a point for John Eustace's side. The goal was his first for Derby since joining the Championship club.[/p][p]Fuseini is expected to join the Black Stars camp this week as Ghana begin their 2027 AFCON qualifying campaign away to Ivory Coast in Bouaké on September 24th.[/p][p]Ghana will then host [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/gambia/hADVg0uE/"]Gambia[/a] at the Accra Sports Stadium on September 29th before travelling to Tangier for an international friendly against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/morocco/IDKYO3R8/"]Morocco[/a] on October 4th.[/p][image alt="Owuraku Ampofo" id="345f5fd0-6a26-4f45-8078-6462582c5da7" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="f3f8177b-d728-4f63-a71d-b54282c38050" original-width="1200" original-height="381" /]