Former Ghana international Augustine Ahinful has urged the Ghana Football Association (GFA) to put an end to the practice of appointing club-affiliated coaches to handle national teams.
In recent times, several coaches in charge of Ghana’s national teams have simultaneously managed clubs in the Ghana Premier League and Division One League.
Ahinful believes this arrangement undermines the development and effectiveness of the national teams.
Speaking in an interview with Asempa FM, the former striker emphasised the need for dedicated national team coaches who are fully focused on their roles.
“National team coaches must not be allowed to coach club sides. If we allow that, I am sorry to say that corruption will rise in our game,” Ahinful warned.
He further explained that coaches juggling both club and national team duties are unable to properly scout and select the best talent across the country.
“If a coach is handling a club side and he task to announce a squad, how will he be able to go around and scout for the right players?.”
Ahinful called on the GFA and the government to create a system where national team coaches are employed full-time and paid monthly salaries.
According to him, this would allow coaches to focus solely on building strong and competitive national teams.
“This system will not work, and so the government and the GFA must work on this to solve the situation. The GFA must be able to able to employ coaches and pay them every month as they work for the various national teams, but the system where a coach is coaching a club and will have to leave his team and come to a national team camp is not the best,” he added.
