{"id":43179,"date":"2023-03-13T17:39:40","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T17:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/13\/ex-gfa-veep-backs-chris-hughton-to-succeed-as-black-stars\/"},"modified":"2023-03-13T17:39:40","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T17:39:40","slug":"ex-gfa-veep-backs-chris-hughton-to-succeed-as-black-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/13\/ex-gfa-veep-backs-chris-hughton-to-succeed-as-black-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-GFA veep backs Chris Hughton to succeed as Black Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"445\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/download-1-2-696x445.png\"   alt=\"Chris Hughton\" title=\"Chris Hughton\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chris Hughton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Veteran football administrator, Mr George Afriyie, has expressed\u00a0confidence in Black Stars\u2019 new head coach,\u00a0Chris Hughton.<\/p>\n<p>The 64-year-old has been named as the new trainer for the senior national team as Otto Addo\u2019s successor.<\/p>\n<p>Addo, who serves as Borussia Dortmund\u2019s talent coach\u00a0resigned after the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Hughton will be assisted by George Boateng and Mas Ud Didi Dramani, who also served under Otto Addo during his reign.<\/p>\n<p>With the Black Stars set to play Angola in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations [AFCON] qualifiers this month, Afriyie said he had absolute trust in the former Brighton and Newcastle United boss.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChris, for me, should have taken us to the World Cup. Because you have a manager who has managed a top English football club. You and I know that there is no argument about this, that the English league, the Spanish and German leagues are the best three in the world,\u201d the former Ghana Football Association [GFA] vice president told 3Sports.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo if you have a coach who has managed in the top three leagues in the world coming into your country as the national team coach, if he can\u2019t do it, trust me nobody can do it,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The ex-GFA veep also disclosed his confidence in the new technical team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, I have enough confidence in Chris Hughton. Yes, coaches can come and fail but let us do our part, appoint the right personnel and say we did our best. I have confidence in the coach,\u201d said Mr Afriyie.<\/p>\n<p>Hughton will hope to secure his first win when the Black Stars host the\u00a0Palancas Negras at the Baba Yara Stadium on March 23 before travelling to Luanda in four days\u2019 time.<\/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=\"xN5L4507Nls\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kasiebo Tau At 1:55PM on Adom TV (13-3-23)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xN5L4507Nls?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Hughton Veteran football administrator, Mr George Afriyie, has expressed\u00a0confidence in Black Stars\u2019 new head coach,\u00a0Chris Hughton. The 64-year-old has been named as the new trainer for the senior national team as Otto Addo\u2019s successor. Addo, who serves as Borussia Dortmund\u2019s talent coach\u00a0resigned after the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. 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