Ghana’s senior national team, the Black Stars may engage reigning African Champions Algeria in a friendly next month, SPORTSworldGhana.com has gathered.
Our outfit understands talks are far advanced for the friendly match to take place in Turkey on October 9.
The match with the Desert Foxes has been scheduled for the FIFA-approved international break which has seen several African sides already arrange their friendlies.
SPORTS WORLD GHANA, also understands that Mali and Burkina Faso are also in talks with the country’s football governing body for similar friendly exercise.
The match would be CK Akonnor’s first game in charge of the Black Stars following the cancellation of the Nations Cup qualifiers in March due to COVID-19.
The friendly game will be used as preparations for the return of international football later this year on the continent.
The four-time African champions will resume their 2021 African Cup of Nations qualification with a double-header clash against Sudan in November this year.
The last time the two sides met was at the 2015 African Cup of Nations where the Black Stars won by 1-0 courtesy Asamoah Gyan’s thunderous strike.