{"id":1262588,"date":"2022-12-07T14:33:16","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T14:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/07\/we-will-not-announce-otto-addos-replacement-now\/"},"modified":"2022-12-07T14:33:16","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T14:33:16","slug":"we-will-not-announce-otto-addos-replacement-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/07\/we-will-not-announce-otto-addos-replacement-now\/","title":{"rendered":"We will not announce Otto Addo&#8217;s replacement now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"610\" height=\"609\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-29-111732.png\"   alt=\"Otto Addo\" title=\"Otto Addo\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Otto Addo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kurt Okraku, says they\u00a0are not ready at the moment to announce Otto Addo\u2019s successor.<\/p>\n<p>Following Ghana\u2019s elimination from the ongoing 2022 World Cup in Qatar,\u00a0Addo, who steered the team\u2019s qualification to the Mundial, has resigned from his role.<\/p>\n<p>The 47-year-old has resumed his role as a talent coach for Borussia Dortmund in Germany.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>However, Mr Okraku, speaking to Graphic Sports, hinted that the country\u2019s football governing body would take its time to consider the options available to engage the key stakeholders, including the government, before arriving at the best candidate for the job.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Okraku\u00a0also hinted that such an important announcement would not be made before the end of the year, especially as the senior national team would not have any immediate engagement before their Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier against Angola next March in Luanda.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Vice President of the FA, Mark Addo, told the media that the FA would first wait for the technical report from Otto Addo to be laid before the FA\u2019s decision-making Executive Council for deliberation before initiating the process of appointing the next national team coach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe knew that Coach (Otto Addo) will be leaving in six months, so we do have a succession plan,\u201d Mr Addo told a media briefing in Doha last Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re just going through the process, it\u2019s a process and you know the GFA works with different stakeholders in this decision-making process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike I said, the first thing is to. get our report in quickly, have a meeting with our stakeholders, including the President, the Executive Council and Government and once that is done, we will make a decision on his successor. So yes, we have a plan,\u201d the FA vice-president stated.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana exited the tournament with three points after recording two defeats and one win.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"QY7mTVgyqlI\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kasiebo Tau At 9:55AM on Adom TV (07-12-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QY7mTVgyqlI?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Otto Addo President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kurt Okraku, says they\u00a0are not ready at the moment to announce Otto Addo\u2019s successor. Following Ghana\u2019s elimination from the ongoing 2022 World Cup in Qatar,\u00a0Addo, who steered the team\u2019s qualification to the Mundial, has resigned from his role. 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