GFA boss give prospective Black Stars coach condition for landing the job
GFA president Kurt Okura
By Rasheed Adewuyi
Kurt Okraku, the president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), says the next Black Stars coach must be ready to reside in Ghana throughout his contract.
Otto Addo resigned after the Black Stars crashed out of Qatar’s recently concluded 2022 FIFA World Cup. He was shuttling between Ghana and Germany, where he works as Borrousia Durtmond’s assistant coach.
Okraku told Joy FM that part of the manager’s job would be to monitor players in the local league and help the GFA invite the best home-based players to the national team B, adding that all these will not be possible if the next coach does not live in Ghana.
“The world cup has come and gone, and the Africa cup of nations is around the corner. We must do the right thing for us to get a better result. The GFA wants to put its house together before the next Afcon, and that’s why the next coach must adhere strictly to all our riders and regulations,” he adds.
Sports Joust reliably gathered that top GFA members highly favor former Brighton and Hove Albion manager Chris Hughton to get the job because of his coaching record in England.
Another advantage Houghton has over other applicants is that he was part of the technical crew in charge of the world cup play-off against Nigeria. He also assisted Addo at the world cup in Qatar.
Former Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel, ex-Portugal coach Pablo Bento, Serbia manager Dejan Stojanovic, and Saudi Arabia’s manager Herve Renard have been linked with the Black Stars job.
The new manager will be announced in January 2023.
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