{"id":447270,"date":"2011-06-24T17:07:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-24T17:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/24\/former-chelsea-france-captain-marcel-desailly-relishing-ghana-management-role\/"},"modified":"2011-06-24T17:07:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-24T17:07:00","slug":"former-chelsea-france-captain-marcel-desailly-relishing-ghana-management-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/24\/former-chelsea-france-captain-marcel-desailly-relishing-ghana-management-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Chelsea &#038; France captain Marcel Desailly relishing Ghana management role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Erasmus Kwaw<\/h3>\n<h4>24 Jun 2011 18:07:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"72.8190110418\">\n<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Marcel Desailly\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/133400\/133492_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Marcel Desailly<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"38.8949353448\">Former France captain Marcel Desailly is eyeing a management role in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/ghana\/657\/ghana\">Ghana<\/a> football following the completion of his multi-million pound sports facility at East Legon, a suburb of the capital, Accra.<\/p>\n<p>The 42-year-old was named in the FA Search Committee\u2019s five-man shortlist for the then vacant Black Stars coaching position in December, but withdrew from the race after complaining of undue delays in the recruitment exercise, as well as the need to concentrate on completing his two-year project.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <em>E TV<\/em>, Desailly said he is now looking forward to a managerial role in Ghanaian football.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to be a bit more part of the administration part,\u201d he said. \u201cYou see when you give me a target&#8230; I wanted to be a soccer player; I think I have done something okay for my football career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to set up this project; I have finished it and next is administration, management and marketing. Probably I could have a role in Ghana football in that aspect but let\u2019s be patient.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are now trying to see and find out where Marcel Desailly today can be of help for Ghana football.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Desailly\u2019s distinguished football career saw him win the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000 with the French national team. He also played with several major European clubs, winning several titles.<\/p>\n<p>When asked whether he has had discussions with the Ghana FA regards his aspirations, the two-time Champions league winner said:\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s not a problem. What is important is what is going to happen. We are working on it and we hope something good will come up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Desailly added that his main motivation is to see Ghana\u2019s national teams progress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not important, it\u2019s how the Black Stars perform and also we need to concentrate on the various national teams to allow them to perform and to get the winning mentality that we are looking for,\u201d he added.<span><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read the original:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2557\/news\/2011\/06\/24\/2545986\/former-chelsea-france-captain-marcel-desailly-relishing\" title=\"Former Chelsea &amp; France captain Marcel Desailly relishing Ghana management role\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Former Chelsea &amp; France captain Marcel Desailly relishing Ghana management role<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Erasmus Kwaw 24 Jun 2011 18:07:00 Marcel Desailly Related Links Teams Players Former France captain Marcel Desailly is eyeing a management role in Ghana football following the completion of his multi-million pound sports facility at East Legon, a suburb of the capital, Accra. The 42-year-old was named in the FA Search Committee\u2019s five-man shortlist for the then vacant Black Stars coaching position in December, but withdrew from the race after complaining of undue delays in the recruitment exercise, as well as the need to concentrate on completing his two-year project. Speaking to E TV , Desailly said he is now looking forward to a managerial role in Ghanaian football. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":410883,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-447270","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Former Chelsea &amp; France captain Marcel Desailly relishing Ghana management role - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/24\/former-chelsea-france-captain-marcel-desailly-relishing-ghana-management-role\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Former Chelsea &amp; France captain Marcel Desailly relishing Ghana management role - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Erasmus Kwaw 24 Jun 2011 18:07:00 Marcel Desailly Related Links Teams Players Former France captain Marcel Desailly is eyeing a management role in Ghana football following the completion of his multi-million pound sports facility at East Legon, a suburb of the capital, Accra. 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