Black Stars coach, Otto Addo and President of the GFA, Kurt Okraku
Not even the late announcement of the managerial changes in the Black Stars could stop Ghanaians from airing their views about the decision by the Ghana Football Association.
In the late hours of Tuesday, January 28, the GFA finally published the list of changes in the technical department of the team ahead of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
Per the statement issued by the FA, Otto Addo has kept his place as the head coach of the team alongside John Paintsil, who surprisingly retained his role as the assistant coach.
The team now has a technical advisor in the person of German coach Winfried Anton Schafer, who won the AFCON with Cameroon in 2002.
The head coach of the Black Satellites, Desmond Offei, has been elevated to an assistant coach position, replacing Joseph Laumann.
The Black Stars finally have a psychologist, with Kris Perquy, an experienced sports psychologist with 17 years’ experience, being named team psychologist.
The Video Analysis Unit of the team will be headed by Belgian Video Analyst Gregory De Grauwe, who has built his expertise and experience in video analysis working with football clubs including Sporting Lokeren and K. Beerschot VA. De Grauwe holds a UEFA License B Coaching license as well as a Bachelor’s degree in Physical Education.
Two new, vastly experienced equipment officers, Issah Amadou (Asante Kotoko) and Abdul Rahman Alhassan (Hearts of Oak), have also been named on the team. These two equipment handlers have a combined total of fifty-three years’ of experience between them.
The unpopularity of the decision can be gleaned from the massive show of disapproval on social media.
A substantial number of people who reacted are unhappy with the decision and are demanding not just Otto Addo’s resignation but Kurt Okraku’s as well.
See some reactions below:
Mode3 anadwo nkoaa na mo y3 announcement
— thisisNanayaw (@nanayaw_24) January 29, 2025
With Kurt nothing gonna change
— BRAIN 🧠 BOSS 🐐 (@BRAIN_BOSS1) January 28, 2025
So what happened to the Bernard lepart of whatever his name is/was ghana football dna
Football na y3di b) chacha sei— traumatized opuro (@opuro_wofa) January 28, 2025
@kurtokraku sark Otto Addo now after that then you resign❗️
— T LIMS (@AmanfoLims) January 28, 2025
You can even hire angels as professional directors ( if there is a position like that 🤪) with @kurtokraku in charge , the value will be the same lol
— MUGUyaro‼️ (@bobodealaso1) January 28, 2025
Highest win% was in Thailand as interim and the rest is 😏.More so,football has evolved since 2021.sorry but the Avram Grant era is passed and all these appointments may not be fruitful just like the previous one! Just because of our coach 🇩🇪 connections https://t.co/1rSQFLRWcM pic.twitter.com/hhfcHpszA0
— Snyppa (@KeepOnFooling) January 29, 2025
where does kurt okraku get these people from? 😂 https://t.co/tb4R2DzlhD
— T (@Iam_toluu) January 29, 2025
75-year-old seasoned and vastly experience Winfried “Winnie” Schafer.
GFA you do all 😆 https://t.co/enIH1vghbo
— Felix Romark (@FelixRomark) January 29, 2025
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