Jose Mourinho advised Ghana to rely on local coaches- Dr. Kofi Amoah reveals

Published on: 19 January 2019

GFA Normalisation Commitee president Dr. Kofi Amoah has revealed that former Manchester United coach Jose Mourinho advised the country to rely on local coaches for the national teams. 

According to Dr. Amoah, when Jose Mourinho visited Ghana in 2008 he advised the then President J.A Kuffuor to stick to local coaches for the national team job.

“I took Mourinho to President Kufour when I invited him to Ghana in 2008. He became my friend through Michael Essien,” he revealed on Adom TV.

“When Mourinho met the then President of the country, he asked why we’re not using our own coaches but have been hiring expatriate coaches who can’t even get jobs in Europe.

“Our coaches can do the job so we must empower them,” he added.

Kwesi Appiah is currently coach of the Black Stars and he is expected to lead the team to success at the Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt 2019.

Appiah has been handed a six month contract extension ahead of the expiration of his contract in March.

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