Marcel Desailly wants to coach the Black Stars in future
Ex-France captain Marcel Desailly still harbours the ambition of coaching the Ghana national team despite showing his support to current coach Kwesi Appiah.
The 44-year-old was one of the shortlisted candidates for the Black Stars job when it became vacant after Serbian Milovan Rajevac had left in 2010.
The 1998 World Cup winner however withdrew from the contest citing the excessive delay of the process in appointing the new Ghana coach.
Desailly again was reportedly the favourite to land the job as the replacement of Goran Stevanovic following Ghana’s disappointing finish at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.
His appointment again never materialized with then assistant coach Akwasi Appiah graduating as the substantive Ghana boss.
Since Appiah took over the team he has shown tremendous support to the ex-defender praising the young players he has brought into the squad.
Despite the disappointments, the former Marseille, AC Milan and Chelsea defender says he still looks forward to the day he will be able to share his experience gathered abroad as coach of the Black Stars.
”I hope to give back the experiences I have had with France as coach of Ghana one day,” he said.
Desailly, born to Ghanaian parents, had a successful club career with Olympique Marseillle, AC Milan and Chelsea.
He also won the World , European and Confederations Cups in 1998, 2000 and 2001 as a France international.
Do you think Marcel Desailly should be given the Black Stars now? Do you think he is too inexperienced to coach the team? Make your views known in the box below:
Source: MTNFootball.com
What have you won akwasi appiah.apart from afcon glory in 82..and apparently from the bench.
No international experience.shame!! We want our black stars back.
I prefer you to the current. It really pains me a lot to see a talented BS team being disgraced on the field.
you are an APE!! You prefer a guy who during his best days said playing for Ghana was not fashionable enough. you are a DOG and an ANIMAL!! FUCK YOU!!!
HEY GHANAMAN! I AM SICK AND TIRED OF YOUR SENSLESS RANTINGS FROM YOUR BIGOTED TINY BRAIN. AT THE END OF THE DAY, YES HE PLAYED FOR FRANCE IS THE HISTORY NOT MENTIONING HIM AS A GHANAIAN FRENCH NATIONAL? WAS FAVOR NOT BESTOWED ON GHANA? IS HE NOT IN GHANA BUILDING AND IMPROVING ON OUR FOOTBALL FACILITIES AT THE MOMENT? WHY WOULD ANYONE DO THAT IF NOT FOR LOVE OF THEIR NATION? LOOK AT BALLOTELLI BECOMING THE FIRST BLACK TO BREAK BARIERS IN ITALIAN NATION TEAM, AT THE END OF THE DAY IS GHANA NOT BEING GLORIFIED ONE WAY OR ANOTHER? WHY CAN’T HE COACH GHANA BECAUSE HE PLAYED FOR FRANCE, AFTERALL DID RAJEVAC AND LEROY PLAY FOR GHANA BEFORE WE EMPLOYED THEIR SERVICES? DID THEY EVEN INVEST A CENT IN GHANA? DID THEY EVEN SHARE AN EMOTIONAL CONNECTION WITH GHANA? DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY GHANAIANS STAY ABROAD AND WORK ONLY TO COME BACK AND SETUP COMPANIES IN GHANA? MARCEL ODENKEY DESSAILLY HAS ACHIEVEMENTS IN FOOTBALL INSURMOUNTABLE BY ANY PRESENT LIVING GHANAIAN FOOTBALLER . WE ARE TALKING QUALITY AND BENEFITS TO THE NATIONAL TEAM AND YOUR CHICKEN BRAIN IS TALKING SENTIMENTS. GROW THE FK UP!
Good observation PITO!MARCEL ODENKEY DESSAILLY is the Man for the job! and no player can or will disrespect him!on what grounds? MARCEL ODENKEY DESSAILLY is the Man, I supported and still support AA, but we cannot go on the way it has been under AA.
@GHMAN…SO WAT IF HE HAD PLAYED FOR GH? ARE U SAYING HE DESAILLY WOULD HVE BEEN THE GLOBAL STSAR HE IS TODAY? IF GEORGE WEAH HAD NATURALISED FOR FRANCE. HE WOULDF HVE BEEN GREATER THAN ZIDANE….GHMAN, U ARE VERY STUPID. U TURN A BLIND EYE TO ALL THESE CORRUPT FOOLS IN GH LIKE JJ, KUFFOUR, WOYOME, MPINIM, ATO QUARSHIE, NYANTAKYI, APPIAH FOR WAT? BCOS OF PATRIOTISM? LOOK AT THE INVESTMENTS DESAILLY HAS REPLICATED IN GH? U WOULD THINK THAT THESE CORRUPT PPL I HAVE MENTIONED COULD HVE DONE HALF THE THINGS DESAILLY IS DOING….IDIOTIC FOOL.
You Ghanaman, if you have any respect for yourself, then you will stop using profanity in this forum. You made a very good point, that should have been enough.
I hope this is not how you behave in front of your family.
BRAVO! It is great to hear dessailly has not thrown in the towel yet. I mean we have such a “soccer human resource” among us in Ghana and we rufuse to utilise this man with such a wide international exposure in football . infact a worldcup winning FRANCE team captain who was born in Ghana and currently doing football in Ghana. Sentimentalism must be thrown in the garbage! he played for france, yes, but he is developing football in Ghana plus he is a full blooded Ghanaman possesing major achievements and promise. Even Germany gave Jurgen Klinsman the job for a whole worldcup! We end up hiring foreign coaches with zero relations to our motherland and forget those of us with the same international exposure. Marcel Dessailly unlike some of our local coaches will never accept even Gifts from players, infact he can manage the international players very well because he can put himself in their shoes. I am praying for the day when Nyantakyi will see the light and opt for integrity instead of sentiments!
once again great point from you PITO! this is what we need on this forum but not unnecessary insults and rants!
pito is something else. when talk football he knows football and to ghanaman wake up.
NYANTAKYI MUST BE KILLED. HE MUST GO. HE DOES NOT WANT DESAILLY BCOS THEN. HE NYANTAKYI WONT BE ABLE TO CALL HIS FAVORITE PLAYERS N ASK THEM FOR BRIBES. NYANTAKYI KNOWS THAT DESAILLY WILL NOT CO SIGN ON HIS CORRUPT, PRIMITIVE WAYS. SO WAT DO U THINK WILL HAPPEN? NYANTAKYI HATES THE GUTS OF ABEDI, DESAILLY, TONY BAFFOE N EVEN MYSELF. BCOS WE R SMART N HE IS STUPID, GREEDY N CORRUPT. HE MUST DIE!
Is pity Nyantekyi is wasting ghana talent with his stupid folks.
Look at this when Appiah refuse to go with the Ayews to afcon nobody said nothing to him.
But nw that the boys have decided to quit the national team they are try to convince them.
Kwasi tell beck the ayew`s brother
Give the job to him to NOWWW…. at least he’ll select the right players and proper coaching staff….
I always say the whole FA and the incompetent coach have o be dissolve with immediate effect, b’cos they can’t bribes and get kick backs from Marcel Dessially, they don’t want to appoint him as the coach of the black stars, this is a guy who has done and tasted success thorough out his career, he commands respect internationally, and not only would he improve the image of Ghana black stars but will bring fundamental changes that will bring lasting changes that will last for generation, and those who accuse him of playing for France and all that crap, let be realistic, most of our politicians now have lived and worked in abroad for most of their lives, some even naturalised in different countries so does that means they can’t come to Ghana and help the country? We need stability, moral and start building a team that will bring success to our Dear nation and the man who qualify and is one of us is Marcell.
am 120% believe d@ marcell deasilly will do the job….not tatically bankrupt aa……i dont even no why gfa is try to destroy the bstars……he must be given the job now…….for God sake…..why ministry of youth nd sports keeping quit we want marcell desailly now ….or else serious demo will soon heat gfa…nd aa we will force him to resign wheather he likes it or not….
a player knows when he is drop for footballing reasons. Jordan was drop because some greedy bustads at the GFA hates his swag. secondly, there is always 3 or 4 places in the team of 23 for fringe players who will be willing to give a percentage of their bonuses to those bustards at the FA. that is why Ghana has never presented its best team at major tournaments. kervin, essien and the ayews would all love to don the national shirt on any day, but the politics that goes into player selection for major tournaments has really got them thinking about their international future. aKwesi appiah is just an “android” who is being controlled by those greedy bastads at the FA