{"id":70244,"date":"2023-05-24T12:45:14","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T12:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/24\/i-was-approached-to-coach-black-stars\/"},"modified":"2023-05-24T12:45:14","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T12:45:14","slug":"i-was-approached-to-coach-black-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/24\/i-was-approached-to-coach-black-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"I was approached to coach Black Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"562\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-24-103649-696x562.png\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Screenshot 2023-05-24 103649\"\/><\/div>\n<p>New partner of Accra Lions, Lothar Mathaus,\u00a0has revealed that he was approached to become the coach of the Black Stars almost two decades ago.<\/p>\n<p>The Bayern Munich legend said this during a press conference in Accra on Tuesday, May 23, 2023, where he was unveiled as a co-owner of the Ghana Premier League side.<\/p>\n<p>According to the former FIFA World Best player, he was one of the top candidates for the job in 2005 but conversations later broke down.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cGhana approached me for the coaching role around 2005 and 2006,\u201d\u00a0the Germany legend told the media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were in touch, but for some reason, it did not work out in the final stages of discussions. 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