{"id":147823,"date":"2024-02-05T17:38:06","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T17:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/05\/ndc-government-will-overhaul-ghana-football-john-mahama\/"},"modified":"2024-02-05T17:38:06","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T17:38:06","slug":"ndc-government-will-overhaul-ghana-football-john-mahama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/05\/ndc-government-will-overhaul-ghana-football-john-mahama\/","title":{"rendered":"NDC Government will overhaul Ghana football- John Mahama \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The new Black Stars will be built on homegrown players according to National Democratic Congress (NDC) 2024 Presidential Flag bearer John Dramani Mahama.<\/p>\n<p>He said this on the Northern Region leg of his\u00a0<strong>\u201cBuilding The Ghana We Want Tour\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0as he campaigns to be voted as President of Ghana to replace outgoing Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars have in recent years fared very poorly with the latest being a first round exit from the 2023 AFCON in Cote D\u2019Ivoire.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana failed to win a game in three outings in the aforementioned competition to crash out of the AFCON at the group stage for the second edition in a row.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing a gathering, the NDC Presidential Candidate said the Black Stars under his government will be built on homegrown talent who have excelled in the revamped Ghanaian football structure.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe will build the new Black Stars based on homegrown players. Domestic players who have trained together for a long time and work as a team and then we will bring the foreign ones to come and blend with them.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"attachment_556816\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Mahama-e1666782889280.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-556816\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">GFA President Kurt Okraku (left) with John Mahama<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Salisu-2-1024x586.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-579246\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThe core of the Black Stars must be made of domestic players who have played together for a long time\u2026we are going to overhaul Ghana football in collaboration with the Ghana Football Association.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new Black Stars will be built on homegrown players according to National Democratic Congress (NDC) 2024 Presidential Flag bearer John Dramani Mahama. 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