Video: Rajevac arrives for crunch World Cup squad meeting

Published on: 04 May 2010

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Ghana coach Milovan Rajevac has arrived in the country to hold crucial meetings with the federation before the provisional World Cup squad is named.

The Serbian master tactician has been on tour in Europe to scour the leagues where the Black Stars players ply their trade to monitor them before he unveils his team for the tournament in South Africa.

The meeting which is scheduled for Tuesday and possibly Wednesday will examine the injuries to key players and what role they could play at the tournament.

This means the injury situation of deputy captain John Mensah, Michael Essien and Agyemang Badu will be discussed.

They will seek medical updates on the state of the injuries to see if the players will be fit for the tournament if they are named in the squad.

While Mensah's situation has to do with a recurring back problem which could be managed, the situation with Essien is far lesss certain.

Badu suffered the injury while playing with Udinese on Sunday and his medical report is not expected until later on Tuesday evening.

These discussions will thus help the coach, the technical team and the Ghana FA board to reach a consensus on when the squad will be named.

Rajevac will says he will name his provisional 30-man World Cup squad before the deadline of 11 May elapses.

The decision is in accordance with Fifa regulations, which stipulates that participating teams must disclose their provisional squads exactly one month ahead of kick-off.

Rajevac will then pick his final 23-man squad on 1 June for the tournament which runs from 11 June to 11 July.

The selected players will group in Paris, France on 24 May to commence preparations for the World Cup finals.

Ghana will test their battle readiness against a local French side on 27 May before games against Holland on 1 June and Latvia on 5 June.

The Stars depart for South Africa on 6 June to finalize their preparations for their Group D opener against Serbia on 13 June at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria.

Ghana will also play Australia on 19 June at the Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenburg before engaging Germany on 23 June at the Soccer City in Johannesburg.

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