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  • Over 1000 coaches have applied to be Black Stars coach – Ghana FA

    Over 1000 coaches have applied to be Black Stars coach – Ghana FA

    Ghana FA Communications Director Henry Asante Twum has revealed that over 1000 coaches have applied to take up the role of Black Stars coach.

    The Ghana FA has been on a hunt for a new coach following the resignation of Otto Addo as head coach of the Black Stars after the World Cup.

    As reported earlier this month, the FA had received over 60 applications from expatriate coaches for the vacant job.

    But the Spokesperson for the domestic football governing body has confirmed that over 1000 applications have been received so far for the vacant job.

    “We haven’t made any shortlist and at the right time we will”, Henry said on State of the Affairs on GHOne TV.

    He added that the Ghana FA will appoint a competent coach irrespective of race or color.

    “The job is opened for all. Once you are a competent coach.

    “There is pressure to appoint a competent coach.We are not looking at race or color but just a competent coach”

    Henry Asante Twum confirmed that over 1000 applications have been received so far for the vacant job.

    “Over 1000 coaches have applied for the job. We keep getting applications each and every day”, Henry Asante Twum disclosed on State of Affairs on GHOne TV.

  • 2022 World Cup: I’m not doing the player selection alone that’s why you have been dropped – Otto Addo allegedly tells Joseph Paintsil

    Information gathered indicates that Coach Otto Addo has called Joseph Paintsil to inform him that he is not in the final Ghana squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

    According to Tema Youth owner and Bankroller Wilfred Osei Kwaku, popularly known as Palmer, the Coach called Joseph Paintsil and explained to him why he misses out on the squad.

    In an interview with Pure FM, Palmer alleges that Coach Otto Addo told the KRC Genk forward that he will not be in the final squad because of external forces.

    Palmer explained, “’I’m sorry Joe, unfortunately, you do not make the 26-man squad; if it was up to me, I would have called you but I’m not the only one doing this [selection].”

     

    In the past, Wilfred Osei Kwaku Palmer had accused the leadership of the Ghana FA of sabotaging the chances of Joseph Paintsil in the Black Stars.

    In his view, the player is not being given a fair chance because of his affiliation with the Tema Youth football owner.

  • It will be suicidal to sack Otto Addo 40 days to the world cup – Fred Pappoe

    Former Ghana FA vice-president Fred Pappoe has kicked against the sacking of Black Stars head coach Otto Addo.

    Since the friendly defeat to Brazil in September, there have been some calls for the Ghana national team head coach to be fired.

    Speaking to Akoma FM in an interview on Tuesday, Fred Pappoe has stressed that taking a decision to sack the Borussia Dortmund tactician will be suicidal.

    “The mistake Hearts of Oak made that led to their defeat to AS Bamako is the same thing people want the FA to commit, forty days to the World Cup and some people want the FA to change the coach, and bring who?

    “Like we did going into the 2006 world cup, the friendly matches are being played not necessarily for results but to look out for individual performance and how systems will look for the coaches.

    “We should not confuse ourselves by calling for the sack of the coach due to the performance of the team from a friendly match,” Fred Pappoe said.

    The experienced football administrator added, “We should not be quick to pass judgment on whether Otto Addo is good or bad, to me he is good. We cannot change him at this time, For me that will be suicidal.”

    Coach Otto Addo is under contract with the Ghana FA until December. At the moment, he has the full backing of his employers and will lead the Black Stars to the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

  • WAFA rescind decision to withdraw from Ghana FA organised competitions

    West Africa Football Academy (WAFA) have rescinded the decision to withdraw from all Ghana FA-organised competitions for the 2022-23 season.

    The academy boys have pulled the plugs on their involvement in the zonal Division One League following a directive to relocate the relegated team to Gomoa Fetteh, as exclusively revealed by the country’s leading football website.

    But according to reports, WAFA has rescinded the decision following further stakeholder engagement with the Ghana Football Association.

    WAFA have now agreed to relocate to Gomoa Fetteh to participate in the National Division One League zone two.

    WAFA, which qualified to the elite division as a Zone two team, have been playing their home matches in Sogakope – current location for zone Three teams in the country’s second-tier.

    Officials of the club had been pushing to maintain their Sogakope base for home matches in the Division One but that has been outrightly rejected by the governing body.

    With most of their juvenile players in school, the club believe relocating to Gomoa Fetteh will be counter-productive.

    WAFA officially notified the football association over the decision to pull out of the league this season.

    Multiple sources are told GHANAsoccernet.com that owners are considering retaining the club as solely as an academy.

    WAFA got relegated last season after six years in the Ghanaian top-flight.

    Source:Ghanasoccernet

  • Bristol City pleads with Ghana FA over Antoine Semenyo role in Black Stars

    Bristol City manager Nigel Pearson has urged the Ghana FA to be compassionate with game time for recovering Antoine Semenyo‘s involvement in the international friendly double-header against Brazil and Nicaragua this month.

    The City gaffer wants the Ghanaian gaffer Otto Addo to ease him slowly into the team as he yet to recover fully from an injury which has seen him make substitute appearances.

    Pearson fears any rush could further exacerbate the situation of the Ghana striker due to the nature of his injury.

    Semenyo has been called up by the four-time African champions for an international friendly against South American giants Brazil as well as Central American nation Nicaragua.

    The 22-year-old has scored three times in his four appearances from the substitute bench for City since he made an injury return.

    The striker missed out of Bristol City’s pre-season after he underwent a rehabilitation following an injury he picked while on international duty.

     

    He is yet to start a game for following the shin injury he picked up while playing for Ghana in June this year.

    Nigel Pearson has called for the Ghanaian FA to be sympathetic with Antoine Semenyo’s game time during the international break as he continues his road to full fitness from injury.

    And City manager Nigel Pearson has called on the Ghanaian FA to be compassionate with the striker as he continues his road to full fitness.

    “We need to make sure that his recovery continues because the nature of his injury is really important that we are mindful of the amount of exposure,” Pearson said.

    Nigel Pearson has always been hugely supportive of Semenyo’s international exploits, saying he would never stand in the way between the player and representing his country.

    “Hopefully the Ghanaian FA will be sympathetic to our requirements and the player’s requirements because I think Chris (Hughton, Ghana technical advisor) would like him fit for the World Cup and obviously Antoine wants to be available both for us and the national side so common sense should prevail.

    “The World Cup is still a few months away which is continued recovery time so by the time he gets to that point, hopefully, we’re not thinking by the same terms.”

    Ghana will have one more warm-up game against Switzerland in November before their tournament gets underway against Portugal.

    They then play South Korea and Uruguay before determining whether they have progressed into the knockouts.

    Source: Ghanasoccernet

     

  • German-born duo handed maiden Ghana call-up for Brazil friendly

    German-born duo Stephan Ambrosious and Ransford Yeboah Konigsdorffer have received their first invite to the Black Stars ahead of the September friendlies against Brazil and Nicaragua.

    The two players were among the five players named by the Ghana FA to have switched nationality and ready to play for the Black Stars in July.

     

     

    Coach Otto Addo has named Ambrosious and Konigsdorffer in his 29-man squad and they will be available to make their Ghana debut against Brazil and Nicaragua if selected.

    Stephan Ambrosius is currently on loan to Karlsruher SC from Hamburg and has made three appearances in the Bundesliga II.

    Ransford Konigsdorffer has two goals in five appearances for Hamburg this season.

    Ghana will play Brazil on Friday, September 23, at Stade Oceane in Le Harve- France before taking on Nicaragua at Estadio Francisco Artes Carrasco in Lorca, Spain on Tuesday, September 27, 2022.

    Source: Ghanasoccernet

  • GFA Presidential candidates threaten going to CAS for redress if they are disqualified

    The Ghana FA Presidential elections could be postponed as contestants for the post have vowed that they will derail the process by going to the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) to seek redress if they are disqualified.

    There is widespread speculation that at least one candidate could be disqualified from contesting for the post as the vetting Committee is expected to rule to prevent them on integrity grounds.

    According to information gathered by GHANASoccernet.com, some of the aspirants will be thrown out of the race following irregularities with the completion of their nominations.

    Read:Ghana FA presidential aspirant to be disqualified over forged GFA letterhead

    Several aspirants have undergone the vetting process for different positions at the Football Association, with the results expected to be made public by Thursday night or latest by Friday morning.

    For aspirants who failed to convince the vetting committee, they will be stopped from contesting for any position.

    But campaign managers for the all leading candidates have warned that they would not take any disqualification lightly as they will go to the Swiss-based organisation to seek redress.

    Others even added that they will go to local courts in Ghana for stay of execution before heading to CAS for redress to prevent any election from being held behind their backs.

    Read:GFA Elections may head to a run-off- Randy Abbey

    This means the date for the Ghana Football Association elections is has been shrouded by doubt.

    The elections slated for October 25th could be postponed as disqualified candidates seek to go to CAS to seek clearance to contest for position at the Association.

    Seven persons are contesting for the President position with former vice presidents George Afriyie and Fred Pappoe on the list.

    Ex-Black Stars management committee chairman Wilfried Osei, Lawyers George Ankoma Mensah and Amanda Clinton also make the list with Dreams FC Executive chairman also vying for the position.

    Source: GHANAsoccernet.com

  • Ghana FA presidential aspirant to be disqualified over forged GFA letterhead

    A leading candidate for the Ghana FA presidential elections is set to disqualified and thrown out of the race for ‘fraud and dishonesty’ after he was presented with a document showing he had forged the letterhead of the federation to carryout a fraudulent transaction, GHANAsoccernet.com can exclusively.

    The candidate, who is said to be among the front-runners for the post, was confronted with the evidence of the forged letterhead when he appeared before the Vetting Committee.

    The identity of the person is known to Ghana’as leading soccer news outfit Ghanasoccernet.com but has been withheld so not to gazump the work of the Vetting Committee.

    The evidence was presented to the Vetting Committee by an anonymous petitioner who prayed the body mandated to clear out the weeds among the presidential aspirants to prevent individual from contesting for the post.

    Read:Face integrity test vetting: Crucial time for GFA hopefuls

    When the candidate appeared before the committee he was asked if the signature was his. He confirmed that it was his signature but was taken aback by the unexpected and strong nature of the petition.

    The highly confident candidate was visibly shaken by the document and has now confided in campaign coordinators that he fears their ambitions would be scuttled by the petition.

    The outcome of the vetting will be known by Thursday but the candidate looks to have thrown in the towel as it is not the only sticky situation he faced when he appeared before the committee.

    Several key questions about his on issues that could disqualify him were raised as the committee sat between Friday and Saturday to vet the right candidates to face the electorate.

    But all the leading candidates also had tricky situations with already anticipated questions that could affect their credibility but the deadliest was the questions over the forged letterhead of the GFA.

    Read:Next GFA president must be of highest integrity, unifier Coach Sarpong

    Several persons have written to the election body alleging criminality, fraud, lack of integrity and lack of credibility against the leading candidates in the presidential race.

    There have been petitions against – in alphabetical order – former Ghana FA vice-presidents Fred Pappoe and George Afriyie, Kurt Okraku, Dreams FC Executive chairman, Phar Rangers president Nana Yaw Amponsah and Tema Youth owner Wilfred Osei Kwaku.

    There were no petitions against the only female candidate Amanda Clinton and George Ankamah, when they were grilled by the Vetting Committee.

    Even though the petitions do not automatically mean that a candidate has been disqualified the sticky and concrete information on the forged letterhead has convinced insiders that the culprit will be thrown out of the race.

    The election committee has already analysed the petitions as the seven aspirants appeared before them.

    Read:How to become the next GFA President

    With an impeccable integrity required to steer the affairs of the football association, all the aspirants must go through a rigorous integrity test before the five-member panel.

    Kurt Okraku was the first to face the five-man team and was followed by Amanda Clinton, George Ankamah Mensah, and Nana Yaw Amponsah.

    On Saturday, trio Fred Pappoe, Wilfred Osei Kweku and George Afriyie faced the committee.

    The Vetting Committee is chaired by Frank Davies Esq. and the other members are Mrs Marian Barnor and lawyer Mr Emmanuel Darkwah.

    Also on the committee are Reginald Laryea, a Marketing and Business Executive and Richard Akpokavie, a General Secretary of the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) and legal practitioner.

    Source: GHANAsoccernet.com