The 19-year-old was named in Akonnor’s 29 man squad for Ghana’s Cup of Nations qualifiers against South Africa and São Tomé later this month.
Communications Director of the country’s football governing body Henry Asante Twum confirmed in during an interview with Hello FM that Charles Akonnor had decided to push the player into the Black Stars B team for the international friendly against Uzbekistan.
However, Poku did not join the team that traveled to Uzbekistan for the international friendly as he joined the main Black Stars team for training in Accra ahead of the two matches.
Ghana will play the Bafana Bafana of South Africa on 25th March,2021 at the FNB Stadium before they return home to host Sao Tome four days later at the Accra Stadium.