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Issahaku: Tanko wants Ghana opportunities for Salzburg-linked teenage prodigy

Ghana B coach Ibrahim Tanko has urged A team boss CK Akonnor to give new kid on the block Abdul Fatawu Issahaku more opportunities to show his worth at the highest level.

Shortly after winning the Best Player award at the Africa U20 Cup of Nations tournament in Tanzania last month where the Black Satellites won the cup, the 17-year-old was quickly handed a maiden senior Ghana call-up ahead of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying double-header against South Africa and Sao Tome.

The attacker, however, failed to make Akonnor's final squad for the back-to-back games, instead being dropped to Tanko's B team for a friendly fixture away at Uzbekistan where he scored Ghana's only goal in the match.