Black Stars head for Europe
Saturday 22 April 2006
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Ghana have arranged three friendlies against European club sides as coach Ratomir Dujkovic looks to finalise his World Cup finals squad.
The Black Stars will take on Bundesliga side VfB Stuttgart in Wurzburg on 26 April, before heading to Russia to face Terek Grozny and Anji Mahachkala on May 8 and 11 respectively.
The Ghana FA also had a game scheduled against Hannover 96, but the German club pulled out of the fixture because of "organisational problems".
Dujkovic is keen to use the games to run the rule over some European-based players, but could find clubs unwilling to release stars in the closing weeks of the domestic season.
VfL Wolfsburg have already withdrawn defender Hans Sarpei from Ghana's game against Stuttgart, because they do not want to risk him picking up an injury that would keep him out of the final weeks of the battle against relegation from the Bundesliga.
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