The loss of the Black Stars coaching prior to the start of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon, according to former Ghanaian coach Charles Kwablan Akonnor, wounded him.
Due to the national team’s lackluster performance, the former Asante Kotoko coach was shown the door three months before the start of the AFCON competition in Cameroon in 2021.
He was then replaced by Serbian coach Milovan Rajevac, who went with the team to Cameroon, where Ghana experienced their worst-ever AFCON performance after amassing just a point.
Speaking on Joy Sports, the former Ghana midfielder who had the dream of leading the Black Stars at the AFCON tournament says his dream was shut down but was unable to disclose it.
ā[Being the head coach at the 2021 AFCON] was a dream but one way or the other, somebody shut it down, who that person is, I donāt know,ā he said on Joy Sportsā Prime Take.
āI wouldnāt say so [I would have done better than what Milovan Rajevac did], but I had a plan and if that plan had worked, maybe we would have done better than we did.
āAt least, the FA should have allowed me to go to the AFCON and come back because my contract was even running out. I was hurt but I am better now.ā