{"id":46558,"date":"2023-03-20T17:35:44","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T17:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/20\/new-black-stars-coach-vows-to-watch-more-ghana-premier\/"},"modified":"2023-03-20T17:35:44","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T17:35:44","slug":"new-black-stars-coach-vows-to-watch-more-ghana-premier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/20\/new-black-stars-coach-vows-to-watch-more-ghana-premier\/","title":{"rendered":"New Black Stars coach vows to watch more Ghana Premier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"459\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1676370235_793_Screenshot-2023-02-13-100223-696x459.png\"   alt=\"Chris Hughton\" title=\"Chris Hughton\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chris Hughton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Black Stars coach, Chris Hughton, has promised to spend more time watching the Ghana Premier League and other domestic competitions.<\/p>\n<p>The 64-year-old made this statement during his unveiling in Kumasi later today.<\/p>\n<p>Hughton has been criticized for sidelining local players in his 25-man squad for the\u00a02023 Africa Cup of Nations\u00a0double-header without including any local players.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>However, the former Brighton boss has vowed to watch the local top flight as he aims to build a solid national team.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will be spending more time in Ghana. I will be watching more games. I am constantly being made aware of players who are doing well,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll be paying more attention to [GPL] games because it is important that we have a strong national league,\u201d the former Norwich boss added.<\/p>\n<p>The former Northern Ireland international has signed a contract until 31 December 2024 and is determined to make the Black Stars great again.<\/p>\n<p>Hughton\u2019s debut match is set to take place on Thursday, a 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Angola at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi.<\/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=\"asX3ypU-Srg\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Supporting Brilliant Students: Gomoa East MP pays fees for over 50 university students(20-03-23)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/asX3ypU-Srg?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 Black Stars coach, Chris Hughton, has promised to spend more time watching the Ghana Premier League and other domestic competitions. 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Hughton has been criticized for sidelining local players in his 25-man squad for the\u00a02023 Africa Cup of Nations\u00a0double-header without including any [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16797,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New Black Stars coach vows to watch more Ghana Premier - 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\/2023\/03\/20\/new-black-stars-coach-vows-to-watch-more-ghana-premier\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Black Stars coach vows to watch more Ghana Premier - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Chris Hughton Black Stars coach, Chris Hughton, has promised to spend more time watching the Ghana Premier League and other domestic competitions. 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