African football powerhouse Ghana have named four former national team stars in a technical team to help the current crop of players.
The team is to be led by KwesiAppiah and it includes Ibrahim Tanko, Richard Kingston, Stephen Appiah and Maxwell Konadu. They are all set to join the backroom staff.
A Ghanaian KwesiNyantakyi is now the second most powerful figure in African football, according to latest reports. Nyantakyi is the president of the Ghana Football Association.
At the first meeting of Confederation of African Football (CAF) Executive Committee, he was named the second in command to the president Ahmad.
Ghana have decided to bring back Kwesi Appiah as the coach of the national team.
Apart from being involved in the national team that serves only for the local players,Appiah will be working with the full team that includes the players playing in the European leagues.Appiah comes in as the replacement for Avram Grant, who decided to step down from his role after the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.Appiah is no stranger to the Black Stars after having led the team for two years from 2012 to 2014. He decided to leave the national team after a disappointing World Cup 2014 campaign. Since then, he has been in charge of the Sudanese side Al Khartoum.
Former Ghana FA chairman LepowuraJawula claims that the national team may have made a mistake in appointing Maxwell Konadu as the temporary Ghana national team boss.
After the departure of Avram Grant following a disappointing 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, the national team decided to take its time when it came to appointing his replacement. As a result,Konadu was brought in as a temporary solution for the national team. Since there were no matches for Ghana until June, it left the national team with enough opportunities to find a replacement.
Former Chelsea and West Ham United manager Avram Grant decided to step down from his role as the Ghana national team coach after a disappointing African Cup of Nations.
The failure to even secure a third place finish at the tournament – after a 1-0 loss against Burkina Faso in the third place play-off – has led to this exit for the Israeli coach. This has left in Ghana with the needed to appoint a new manager, but the national team clearly has a lot of time left on their hands. The next match for Ghana is not until June when they take on Ethiopia in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier.
After a lot of speculation about his future, Avram Grant finally decided to step down from his role as the Ghana manager after a disappointing 2017 African Cup of Nations.
This tournament was seen as the ultimatum for the manager, who has been criticised in various quarters for his tactical knowledge and the ability to set up the team. Even though the first African Cup of Nations headed on by the former Chelsea and West Ham manager was relatively successful, Ghana were left disappointed at the 2017 edition after being knocked out at the semi-finals by Cameroon.
Ghana has reached the last four of the ongoing AFCON 217 in Gabon.
The Black Stars defeated a compact Congo DR side 2-1 in one of the clashes in the quarter finals. The Ayew brothers scored one each to seal the fate of the Ghanaian side in the semi finals.
Ghana coach Avram Grant has come under fire of late due to poor run of form, which has left the team in major doubt of doing well at the 2017 African Cup of Nations.
As the tournament fast approaches, it is understood that Grant will be holding discussions with the management committee in order to decide the squad for the upcoming tournament and also to agree upon the preparations. The Ghana FA have requestedGrant to fly down from the United Kingdom in order to hold this meeting.
