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Andre Ayew has been dropped from the Ghana squad for the 2013 African Cup of Nations with just ten days to the start of the competition. Black Stars coach Kwesi Appiah confirmed his decision in an official statement, Monday morning from the team's camp base in Abu Dhabi. Andre, who is receiving treatment for a leg injury had planned to arrive on Tuesday, a before CAF's Wednesday deadline for the submission of the final squad. But the Olympique Marseille attacker has been left out of the squad after failing to report to camp as scheduled, a situation which only tends to fuel the on-going tension between the player and the national team. "I have decided to exclude midfielder Andre Ayew from the Ghana squad for the 2013 African Cup of Nations," the Ghana coach said in a signed statement. "Following Andre's inability to join the Black Stars squad by Monday morning for Ghana's team doctors to assess the extent of his injury and fitness for the tournament, I have decided to work only with the players currently in camp. "All the players were given the deadline of Saturday to report to camp in Abu Dhabi unfortunately Andre did not turn up despite being released by his club and air tickets provided by the GFA for him to travel from France to beat the deadline. "As he did not turn up by Saturday night, I ordered for him to be contacted over his absence but he said he could not depart from France because he was seeing his doctors." The Black Stars will play two friendly matches against Egypt and Tunisia during their stay in the UAE. Ghana are Group B of the Nations Cup with DR Congo, Mali and Niger as in South Africa hosts the tournament beginning this month.