Football legend and Ghanaian-born French international, Marcel Desailly, has advised Black Stars coach, Avram Grant, to look beyond Sulley Muntari and others if he wants to succeed as a coach in the country.
In his view, although Muntari is a good player, he does not
think his inclusion in the team would inure to the benefit of the Black Stars
and for that matter he must be axed out of the team.
“It is time the coach cuts Muntari and the others out. He
does not need them to succeed, the 46-year-old former Chelsea of England
captain said in an interview with Viasat 1 morning show programme last Monday.
The World Cup winning ex-France skipper said it was about
time the coach started afresh by going round to look for quality materials to
rebuild the team and overlook those who could potentially cause distraction in
the team.
“We have the players, you just have to find the magic
formulae to allow them to perform. Today we are still using some players that
potentially should not be in the team anymore, and you should allow some
players to express themselves to be the new generation of players to perform
for Ghana”, he said.
Using South Africa as an instance, Desailly challenged Grant
to take a cue from the rainbow nation who, in spite of their well organised league,
had a weak team until new players were invited and suddenly have started
performing much to the admiration of many.
Touching on the role he would play with the Black Stars, he
said he won’t be in their camp during the AFCON because it could be a distraction
but what he would be doing would be to psyche them up and motivate them ahead
of the competition.
He also explained that he turned down the Black Stars job
offer because it wasn’t the right time for him due to the controversy that
surrounded Kwasi Appiah’s dismissal and the fact that he was not part of the
shortlisted applicants.
Source: Daily Graphic
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