{"id":82073,"date":"2023-07-07T14:07:35","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T14:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/07\/ghana-football-is-designed-to-fail-nii-lante-vanderpuye\/"},"modified":"2023-07-07T14:07:35","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T14:07:35","slug":"ghana-football-is-designed-to-fail-nii-lante-vanderpuye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/07\/ghana-football-is-designed-to-fail-nii-lante-vanderpuye\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana football is designed to fail \u2013 Nii Lante Vanderpuye"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"510\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Nii.jpg\"   alt=\"Former Sports Minister, Nii Lante Vanderpuye\" title=\"Former Sports Minister, Nii Lante Vanderpuye\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Sports Minister, Nii Lante Vanderpuye<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Former Minister for sports, Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye, believes the structure of football in Ghana is a breeding house for failure.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana\u2019s tournament results have in the last four years been characterised by back-to-back poor results across all levels, for both men and women.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Vanderpuye, who was minister for sports between 2015 and 2017, reckons the seeds of today\u2019s failure were sown right from the start.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the [English] Premier [League] clubs have junior levels \u2013 U21, U19 \u2013 playing in a league. So the system is built in a way there will always be an infusion of new, younger faces into the national sphere.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat do we see here? We wait until we have a tournament; we invite somebody here, we call somebody from here, put them together and play. We can never achieve results when we continue to do that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s like we plan to fail,\u201d Mr Vanderpuye explained to Joy Sports.<\/p>\n<p>He also highlighted England\u2019s Young Lions at the U21 championship, which has witnessed a change of guard, with new talents like Levi Colwill and Noni Madueke.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey used to have people like Calvert-Lewin, Foden and Greenwood \u2013 all these people were part of the team, but they\u2019ve moved on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the next four years, those playing in the U17 tournament will be there.\u201d<\/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=\"xNCZE9b9adI\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"PFJ: Phase two will support commercial, medium and small-scale farming, Dep. 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