Gruzah backs Stevanovic to stay on as Ghana coach

Published on: 16 February 2012

Controversial football administrator Alhaji Karim Gruzah is backing Ghana coach Goran Stevanovic to keep his job despite failing to win the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.

The future of the 45-year-old has been at the centre of intense speculations after a botched campaign in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.

The Serbian has been heavily criticized for his team selection and tactics at the tournament.

But Gruzah has surprisingly thrown his weight behind the former Partizan Belgrade boss and urged the Ghana FA to keep faith with him.

“I think we should not rush and try to keep him because of the qualifiers ahead of us. But we should do so with conditions,” the owner of King Faisal Football Club Accra-based Radio XYZ

“The FA should force the coach to stay in the country and monitor our local league because there are many talents in the system.

“I believe if he stay here and get some locals in the team, he will be hugely successful and go places with the Black Stars

He added: ''The Black Stars is on the heart of every Ghanaian and so we must threat cautiously.''

Ghana was unable to break a 30-year duck after they were beaten 1-0 by eventual winners Zambia 1-0 at the semi-final stage at the Estadio de Bata.

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