Ghana FA admits sacked coach was right

The Ghana FA has backtracked on earlier statements about the contentious issue of needing a technical adviser.
Spokesperson for the country’s football governing body says the sacked Black Stars coach Kwesi Appiah’s never asked for a technical adviser.
Previous statements by the body had hinted that Kwesi Appiah had issued a cry for help, fuelling public speculation that another coach be added to Ghana’s technical bench.
“Upon our return,” FA spokesman Sanni Daara said, “management thought that going forward in the way to approach our future matches, we should look at the experiences we gained from the World Cup, we should do things that other countries have done that has helped them.”
“And that we should look into that direction of bringing a technical adviser to help the coach; that was the understanding we had,” he explained.
He continues: “The Executive Committee as managers of the game has the right to say that this is the direction we want the team to go. And it is important that at every step of the way, we engage the coach in it.”[eap_ad_2]
“If the coach has any strong disagreeing opinion, the place to address that was the Executive Committee. So the Committee thinks that the fact that privately we have gone on even giving [him] the opportunity to the [three-man] committee set up by the Executive committee to go on and work with them to reach an agreement is the faith shown that the coach is being engaged in the process.”
“So the fact that that has been done in meetings and then publicly you insist that it is not with your decision, it means that there is the potential for conflict and that is not what the Executive Committee wants,” Sannie Daara stated.
This brings even more friction between the 54-year old and his former employers, and supersport.com understands that since he was sacked before his contract ended, Appiah will need to be compensated.
The amounts could go into hundreds of thousands of dollars, although the GFA will surely haggle for a compromise.
Lawyers of Kwesi Appiah and the Ghana FA are expected to meet this week to work out his severance package.
The coach had just entered an extended two-year contract beginning August 1 with a $25,000 monthly salary and a $100,000 signing on fee. (supersport.com)[eap_ad_3]