GFA Exco member Oduro Sarfo
Ghana Football Association (GFA) Executive Council Member, Oduro Sarfo, has stated that the GFA will not succumb to public pressure to sack Otto Addo.
He referenced the FA’s past disputes with former manager, Milovan Rajevac, who was dismissed following public outcry, and the subsequent legal battle that forced the association to compensate him.
Speaking in an interview with Guide Radio, Sarfo emphasised that for this reason, the FA will not sack a manager based solely on public dissatisfaction.
“Milovan took us to CAS, and we were ordered to pay him. We paid him, and only $14 was left, yet he still chased us for it. At the time, we believed we had seen progress in Cameroon, but the public insisted, ‘No, sack him.’ The pressure was put on us, and we did.
“We will not allow anybody to pressure us into sacking a coach. We have seen coaches struggle in their first two years but excel in the third,” he said.
Explaining why the FA decided to retain Otto Addo, Sarfo noted that the manager still has one more objective to fulfil, adding that the current timeframe does not favour appointing a new coach.
“We gave this young man a job — to qualify for the AFCON and the World Cup. Now, at this stage, who should take over? How many months are left? A new coach who doesn’t know the players? This has been our pattern, and we are not getting results,” he explained.
Otto Addo’s future was in doubt after failing to secure Ghana’s qualification for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.
The German-trained coach managed just three points in six games, recording three losses and three draws.
However, he has earned the backing of the GFA and will now aim to lead the Black Stars in the upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers in March 2025.
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