The invitation to join the Ghana U23 team for the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matches has been declined by US Cremonese forward Felix Afena-Gyan.
The 20-year-old was called up to strengthen the Black Meteors team ahead of back-to-back matches against Algeria for a spot in the U23 Africa Cup of Nations this year.
After being invited to join the rest of the team by his club, the former AS Roma youth turned down the offer.
Afena-Gyan was an instrumental member of the Ghana squad that saw off Nigeria in the 2022 World Cup qualifying playoff in March last year.
He was then snubbed for the final World Cup tournament in Qatar after he was omitted from the final squad list named by Otto Addo.
Afena-Gyan joined the newly-promoted Serie A side Cremonese in the summer from Roma for around US$ 7 million in a permanent deal.
He is yet to score in the Italian top-flight this campaign having provided one assist after 16 appearances.
He has scored twice in three matches in the Coppa Italia where Cremonese have reached the semi-finals after eliminating Napoli and Roma in the process.