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The Black Stars final squad to travel to Gabon and Equatorial Guinea will be made public on December 25, according to the Ghana FA. But a list sighted by the captivating Ghana Sports paper reveals the following 23 players as those penciled down by Stars head coach Goran Stevanovic for Gabon-Equatorial Guinea 2012. They include: Goal Keepers: Adam Larsen Kwarasey (Stromgodest), Ernest Sowah (Berekum Chelsea) Daniel Agyei (Liberty Professionals) Defenders: Massawudu Alhassan (FC Genoa) John Paintsil (Leicester City), Isaac Vorsash (TSG Hoffenheim), Lee Addy (Red Star Belgrade), Daniel Opare (Standard Liege), John Mensah, Jonathan Mensah, Samuel Inkoom (FC Dnipro). Midfielders: Kwadwo Asamoah, Emmanuel Agyeman-Badu (Udinese), Sulley Muntari (Inter Milan) Anthony Annan, Abu Mohammed (Stromgodest), Derek Boateng (FC Dnipro) Quincy Abayie (Panathinaikos FC) Andre Ayew (Olympique Marseille). Strikers: Asamoah Gyan (Al Ain), Prince Tagoe (Bursaspor) Derek Asamoah (Pohang Steelers) Dominic Adiyiah. Contrarily to public view that Goran Stevanovic might consider including Michael Essien in his final list, 'Ghana Sports' can confirm that Essien has not been part of the Serbian�s plans - taking into account the time frame between the expected recovery period for Essien and the due date for the submission of the final list to CAF. Article 70 of CAF�s regulations governing CAN 2012 says �Ten days before the first match of the final tournament, a list of a maximum of 23 players must be submitted to CAF secretariat and the teams concerned,� Failure to do so attracts $10,000 fine. This means all participating countries have 48 days from today to submit their final 23.