{"id":435954,"date":"2017-11-10T18:04:17","date_gmt":"2017-11-10T18:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/11\/10\/football-has-retrogressed-under-nyantakyi-randy-abbey\/"},"modified":"2017-11-10T18:04:17","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T18:04:17","slug":"football-has-retrogressed-under-nyantakyi-randy-abbey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/10\/football-has-retrogressed-under-nyantakyi-randy-abbey\/","title":{"rendered":"Football has &#8216;retrogressed&#8217; under Nyantakyi &#8211; Randy Abbey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Friday, 10 November 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GHANAsoccernet.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-11-10<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/99312071.295.jpg\" alt=\"Randy Abbey Sports\" title=\"Randy Abbey Sports\" width=\"295\" height=\"294\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Randy Abbey<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151021603838197\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151021603838197\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1510337057_324_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Bankroller of second-tier side Heart of Lions, Randy Abbey has launched a veiled attack on Ghana FA boss Kwesi Nyantakyi, implying football has retrogressed dramatically under his tenure.<\/p>\n<p>The former communications director of the GFA,  viewed as one of the potential successors to the incumbent has passed a damning verdict on Nyantakyi&#8217;s  recent two terms.<\/p>\n<p>He implies the recent two terms have &#8216;retrogressed&#8217; amid lack of sponsorship for the local league and downward performances of the various national teams.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This will be third term of Mr Nyantakyi. This term has one and half more years to go. But if I sit back and I do a comparative analysis,  I realized his first term, was his best term,&#8221; he told Asempa FM<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;If I take achievements, capacity to bring in revenue and the leagues amongst others, I am convinced that the first term was his best.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Take the performance of the national teams, take the league, take the competitions , take revenue, and I am convinced his first team was his best term.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Abbey has ruled himself out as a candidate for the Ghana Football Association (GFA) Presidency.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; width: 60%; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/96124592.jpg\" style=\"padding-right:2px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">Courtesy of <b>GHANAsoccernet.com<\/b> &#8211; Ghana&#8217;s leading football news website. 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