Ex-Chelsea coach Avram Grant vows to make Ghana powerhouse in world football

Published on: 10 November 2014
Ex-Chelsea coach Avram Grant vows to make Ghana powerhouse in world football
Avram Grant says he wants to make Ghana giants in world football

Ex-Chelsea coach Avram Grant says his ambition is to make Ghana one of the biggest powerhouses in world football after he was named as the person to take permanent charge of the Black Stars.

The 59-year-old trainer emerged the most outstanding among three candidates interviewed recently in Accra for the vacant Black Stars job.

The Israeli is already relishing the prospects of coaching one of the most exciting teams in the world today.

Three days after GFA president Kwesi Nyantakyi at a press conference named Grant as the most preferred choice for the Stars job, the experienced Israeli coach has accepted the challenge to manage Ghana even before concluding on terms with the FA in the coming days.

Speaking to the Graphic Sports on telephone yesterday, Avram Grant’s agent Saif Rubie, said at the moment his client’s ambition was “to make Ghana one of the biggest powerhouses of world football.”

According to Rubie, Grant felt honoured and privileged to be considered for the Stars job and was looking forward to some exciting times with the talent-filled Ghana team.

He admitted that coaching the Stars was a big challenge, especially working in Africa for the first time but gave an assurance that his client would face up to it.

Former Chelsea manager Avram Grant is on the verge of being named Ghana head coach ahead of Spaniard Juan Ignacio Martinez and former Switzerland assistant coach Michel Pont.

The 59-year-old led Chelsea to the Champions League final in 2008, where they lost to Manchester United, and also managed the Israel national team for four years.

He will be appointed provided he is able to reach a financial agreement with the country's football association.

The Black Stars have been without a coach since James Kwesi Appiah was replaced by Maxwell Konadu on a temporary basis after the opening two 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.

Konadu is set to oversee the remaining two qualifiers, away to Uganda on 15 November and then at home to Togo four days later, after taking the side to top of Group E.

Should Grant be appointed, he will be charged with winning Ghana their fifth Africa Cup of Nations title.

Former Netherlands striker Patrick Kluivert, ex-German international Bernd Schuster and Italian Marco Tardelli were also shortlisted for the job but were never interviewed for different reasons.

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