Ghana’s medical team for the Africa Cup of Nations will be further strengthened with the appointment of famous Physical Therapist, Mariana Kovacevic.

The Serbian is renowned for her horse placenta treatment which heals injured players quicker than stipulated time.

Her services was first engaged by the Ghana FA during the 2010 World Cup under the recommendations of then-coach Milovan Rajevac.

She was largely credited for the impressive medical status of John Mensah during the tournament in South Africa.

The Ghana FA has thus resolved to bring her in as a compliment to the Black Stars medical team for the Nations Cup and will be immediately tasked with the quick recovery of Asamoah Gyan.

“We have had a series of discussions and a number of consultations with the medical team and the general view is that we should take Asamoah (Gyan) along to the competition,” Ghana FA boss Kwasi Nyantakyi told Accra-based Citi FM.

“We are engaging extra medical assistance to bring him back earlier than the anticipated three week break he is supposed to take.

“During the last World Cup we had the services of a Serbian therapist called Mariana who did a lot of work to bring back players from injury to fitness within a relatively shorter period and we expect to engage her services again this time.

“And so injuries that are supposed to take a player away three weeks probably we’ll record some successes within one and a half or maximum two weeks to recover so we can have the player back to action immediately.”

Mariana is expected to join the team right from it’s camping on January 7 in South Africa once a deal is reached.

Ghana begins it’s quest to end the 30-year wait for an African title on January 24 against debutants Botswana.

The Black Stars will then tackle Guinea and Mali in subsequent group games all to be played in the Gabonese city of Franceville.