Ghana FA technical chief Oti Akenteng defends decision to appoint Maxwell Konadu on interim basis

Published on: 03 March 2017

Ghana FA technical chief Francis Oti-Akenteng has defended the constant practice of appointing assistant coaches before the substantive man.

Maxwell Konadu has been asked to step in on an interim basis as a search for Avram Grant's successor continues unabated.

Critics have argued the practice of appointing local coaches without approval from the substantive gaffer is unfair.

But Ghana FA technical director Francis Oti-Akenteng thinks otherwise.

“Normally coaches would want to appoint their own assistant coaches but we have been appointing assistant coaches because we want our people to learn, that is if a foreigner is coming in. That is why we have been doing that,” he told Class Sports.

“But now that we are looking for a coach, we don’t know if it will be somebody within or somebody from outside, so why don’t we wait?

If the person appointed is [Ghanaian] and he also tells you that I’m going to appoint my own [assistant, then fine] .

But if he is going to come from outside, then definitely we will also want our people to learn on the job, so [for] that one we will appoint an assistant coach,”

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