Wales is currently in discussions to arrange a pre-World Cup friendly match against the Ghana Black Stars.
The fate of Wales in the World Cup will be determined next month, as Craig Bellamy’s team competes in the playoffs.
Should they qualify, Wales is planning a send-off match in Cardiff against Ghana, which may feature prominent players such as Antoine Semenyo from Manchester City and Mohammed Kudus from Tottenham Hotspur.
Additionally, a final warm-up game is being considered in the United States in preparation for their tournament opener against co-hosts Canada in Toronto on June 12.
“If we qualify, we’d like to have a proper send-off game at home,” Football Association of Wales chief executive Noel Mooney told the Press Association. “We were kind of annoyed we didn’t have one before the 2022 World Cup because it was so late in the window.
“There’s nothing finalised yet, but we’ve been talking to Ghana, and that’s one we’ll probably explore a bit more. “We’ve signed a cooperation agreement with the Ghanaian FA in recent times, more to do with coaching education.
“But as part of that agreement, we’ve said we’d like to play each other. They’ve got plenty of very good players, and it would be a really interesting challenge for us.”
The FAW celebrated its 150th anniversary on Monday and is the third-oldest federation in world football. But Wales have only played African opposition once before the 1998 friendly in Tunisia. Mooney said:
“Friendlies are a big conundrum in this [pre-World Cup] window, because whether you’re going or not to the World Cup has a huge bearing.
“But one of our ideas was that we would play against a team from Africa with a different style of football. “Ghana would be a nice game in the summer at Cardiff City Stadium, but it’s not done yet.”
Wales hosts Bosnia and Herzegovina in a Cardiff play-off semifinal on March 26. The winners will play Italy or Northern Ireland at home five days later for a place at the World Cup.
Ghana is in the same group as England, Croatia, and Panama, with Ghana meeting Thomas Tuchel’s side at Foxborough on June 23.
