Ibrahim Tanko has confirmed Ernest Nuamah will join the Black Meteors team for the 2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations despite not reporting to camp yet.

The 19-year-old is yet to team up with his teammates who arrived in Rabat on Wednesday evening ahead of the start of the competition to be staged in Morocco.

Nuamah is part of a three-man squad from the Black Stars team that is expected to join Tanko's side with the others being Kamaldeen Sulemana and Ransford-Yeboah Königsdörffer.

However, the Southampton and Hamburg forwards have withdrawn from the squad with the head coach confirming the FC Nordjaelland star will soon join in camp.

"For now I understand Ernest Nuamah is going to join us. The rest will not be able to join so we only have to concentrate on those who are here," Tanko told the GFA media.

"We already know Ernest and we’ve played with him during the qualifiers so know he is coming to add some quality to the team. The others were not with us during the qualifiers but we felt they had qualities that could help the team since they are not here we will concentrate on those we played the qualifiers with.

"We are 100 per cent sure that the quality is enough. Let’s hope that we will have all players fit for the tournament."

The Black Meteors are pitched against Morocco, Congo and Guinea in Group A and will face Congo in their opening game on Sunday, June 25.