{"id":205116,"date":"2024-08-01T09:18:48","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T09:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/08\/01\/stephen-appiah-will-make-a-good-gfa-president-derek-boateng\/"},"modified":"2024-08-01T09:18:48","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T09:18:48","slug":"stephen-appiah-will-make-a-good-gfa-president-derek-boateng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/08\/01\/stephen-appiah-will-make-a-good-gfa-president-derek-boateng\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Appiah will make a good GFA president \u2013 Derek Boateng \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Former Ghana international, Derek Boateng, has tipped\u00a0Stephen Appiah\u00a0to become the President of the Ghana Football Association.<\/p>\n<p>Derek Boateng, who has not been impressed with the state of Ghana football, believes ex-players are capable of running the affairs of the GFA.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that the former\u00a0Black Stars\u00a0captain is someone who commands a lot of respect from the footballing world and has great leadership qualities.<\/p>\n<p>In his interview on Accra-based Kingdom FM, he said, \u201cSomeone of\u00a0Stephen Appiah\u2019s calibre is capable of running Ghana football as the Football Association president, and he would do it better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth former and current players respect him, and he understands everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring our playing days with the\u00a0Black Stars,\u00a0Stephen Appiah\u2019s work rate, even during training, was astonishing and motivated the entire team to push harder,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe always trained with intensity as if we were in a match, but we would joke around after the session because it was so tough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ghana\u2019s former players have always refrained from competing in the GFA positions.<\/p>\n<p>JNA\/NOQ<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Ghana international, Derek Boateng, has tipped\u00a0Stephen Appiah\u00a0to become the President of the Ghana Football Association. 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