The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has claimed that Otto Addo can handle two coaching responsibilities with the Black Stars and Dortmund, and that the multiple roles will not prevent the Black Stars from fully preparing for the forthcoming Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers and the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
Prosper Harrison Addo, the FA’s General Secretary, said the coach’s new deal with Dortmund gave him enough flexibility to balance the two essential tasks without jeopardizing his commitments with the Black Stars.
Last week, Addo, 46, announced that his German employers had given him permission to coach Ghana during the World Cup in Qatar at the end of the year, as well as to manage Ghana’s AFCON qualifiers, which begin on June 1 at home against Madagascar.
“I have received authorization from Dortmund,” Addo told Hamburger Abendblatt in a podcast, adding that “under specific conditions, it is possible that I handle the international windows in June, September, and also the World Cup.”
The compromise contract is a win-win situation for the FA’s top administrator, as it allows both the Black Stars and Dortmund to benefit from the coach’s skills.
He said the GFA was close to signing contracts with Addo (who led Ghana to a World Cup qualifying playoff victory over Nigeria as interim coach) and his assistants George Boateng of Aston Villa and Mas-Ud Didi Dramani of Right to Dream Academy/FC Nordsjaelland in the next two weeks, allowing them to lead the team in AFCON qualifiers and a four-nation tournament in Japan.
“The GFA has been in contact with club coaches and will soon finalize contracts with them. We’re striving to bring together all of the technical teams, as recommended by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, and we’re almost there. We must agree to contracts and obtain agreement from other parties, such as the government, which is responsible for paying national team coaches, before signing the contracts “On Sunday, Mr Harrison-Addo told the Graphic Sports.
He revealed that GFA president Kurt Okraku had contacted Chris Hughton, an accomplished Irish-Ghanaian coach, to ask him to stay on as the Technical Advisor, and that he was optimistic that he would be on the technical bench.
He revealed that GFA president Kurt Okraku had contacted Chris Hughton, an accomplished Irish-Ghanaian coach, to ask him to stay on as the Technical Advisor, and that he was optimistic that he would be on the technical bench.
