Claims by ex-France defender Marcel Desailly that he was promised the Ghana coaching job have been rubbished.
The 1998 World Cup winner claimed this week that by the country’s sports minister and the federation president assured that he will take over the vacant post.
His revelation in France came days after he pulled out of the race to replace Milovan Rajevac after being named in a five man shortlist.
His claim embarrassed that sports minister Akua Sena Dansua and Kwesi Nyantakyi, the Ghana FA boss.
But aides close to the two officials have rubbished the suggestions that he was promised the job, insisting he was encouraged to apply like all others who slapped in their CVs.
“He met the minister to seek her blessing and under those circumstances he was only asked to apply,†the aide told Ghanasoccernet.com under the condition of anonymity.
“Let’s make it emphatically clear that he was not assured of the job.
“We also understand that Desailly met the GFA boss along with two of his friends and on that occasion too he was encouraged to apply for the post.
“Desailly was not told he will get the job. There is a committee taking care of that and not the minister. They will decide not the minister. That impression was not created at all.â€
The Ghana government has spent the past week assuring Fifa that it was not interfering in the Ghana FA’s affairs.
But the revelation by Desailly was seen by some as an action by the sports minister to impose the Frenchman on the GFA but that suggestion has now been flatly rejected.
World Cup winner, who was born in the West African country, says he was led to believe that he will be given the job if he slaps in his CV.
The position became vacant after Serbian Milovan Rajevac opted not to extend his expired contract with the World Cup quarter finalists.
But three months after applying for the post Desailly pulled out claiming the long drawn-out saga was stalling other opportunities.
Despite Desailly’s claim that he was promised the job, his coaching credentials were subjected to public scrutiny after being shortlisted along with local manager Herbert Addo, Serbian Goran Stevanovic and Portuguese Humberto Coelho.