Ghana FA spokesman Ibrahim Saanie Daara has heaped praise on Ghana coach Avram Grant, claiming he is like ââ¬ÅMohamed Aliââ¬.
The Israeli coach was at the helm of the Black Stars at the 2015 AFCON in Equatorial Guinea as the team finished runners-up to Ivory Coast in a penalty shootout loss.Saanie Daara is confident the former Chelsea manager would help propel the Football Associationââ¬â¢s ambitions to greater heights through his inspirational speeches.
ââ¬ÅHe (Avram Grant) will move us forward. I have observed that he isolates players, tell them what their strengths are and motivate them,â⬠he said.
ââ¬ÅI have not seen anything like that in the national team. He uses life examples and the players even call him Mohamed Ali.
ââ¬ÅHe used the analogy of Mohamed Aliââ¬â¢s career to inspire the team after Ghana lost to Senegal in the AFCON 2015 and it worked so well.ââ¬
The former Partizan Belgrade manager has two years remaining on his contract and has been tasked to help the West African nation win the 2017 African Cup of Nations.
Source: citifmonline.com