Ghana assistant coach Michael Osei believes it will be disastrous to rely on home-based players for next month's Africa U23 Cup of Nations (Afcon) in Egypt.
A few more weeks to the November 8-22 championship, there are growing concerns the Black Meteors, like all the other seven competing teams, will have to do without their foreign-based players due to the timing of the tournament.
Debutants Ghana, like most of the competing teams, have their squad predominantly composed of players plying their trade abroad.
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Another worry about the Black Meteors' home-based players has been about their match-fitness levels, with competitive domestic football having been on a break since June.