Desailly in Ghana frame

Last updated: 30th November 2010  

Desailly: Keen on role

Marcel Desailly has been confirmed as one of five men short-listed for the Ghana job.

The Black Stars are looking for a new coach after Serbian Milovan Rajevac rejected a contract extension after leading them to the quarter-finals of the World Cup in the summer.

Desailly, a World Cup winner with France, was born in Ghana and he is now keen to return to his homeland to take charge of the national side.

Since retiring from playing in 2006, the 42-year-old has worked as a media pundit and is yet to take on a coaching role.

Desailly has been named in contention for the job alongside Serb Goran Stevanovic, Humberto Coelho of Portugal, former Turkey assistant Can Vanli, and Ghana-based Herbert Addo.

Stevanovic is currently coach of Partizan Belgrade, whilst Coelho is without a job since being sacked by Tunisia last year.

Vanli is currently in charge of Maldivian club VN Sports, whilst Addo is with Black Stars.

The five candidates are expected to be interviewed in the next two weeks with an appointment due in mid-December.

 

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Fifa issue Ghana warning

Fifa have warned Ghana they face being referred to its emergency committee if their government does not stop interfering in football matters, the Ghana Football Association has confirmed.

The GFA revealed on their official website that they have received a letter from the world governing body giving the Ghanaian authorities a Sunday deadline to "stop their direct intervention and allow GFA to work again".

The association confirmed their headquarters were raided on Tuesday by plain-clothed officers from the country's Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), who removed nine computers and took away documents.

The action has halted all football-related activities in the country with the GFA's offices closed indefinitely.

The emergency committee has the power to impose a suspension.

A Fifa statement addressed to the GFA posted on www.ghanafa.org read: "Under these circumstances, if the Ghanaian authorities do not stop their direct intervention and allow GFA to work again before Sunday 12 December 2010, we will be obliged to refer the case to the Fifa Emergency Committee.

"This could entail all potential consequences linked to article 13 and article

17 of the Fifa statutes which clearly state that any football association must

manage their affairs independently and with no influence by any third parties or

face sanctions in case of non-compliance.

"We hope that the Ghanaian authorities will reconsider their actions and thus

avoid the deepening of a crisis which will only bring adverse consequences for

the football lovers in Ghana."

 

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Desailly pulls out of Ghana job

Last updated: 7th December 2010  

Desailly: Ghana snub

Marcel Desailly has withdrawn from the race to be Ghana manager, claiming he in no longer interested in the post.

Ghana reached the quarter-finals of the World Cup in South Africa where they were coached by Serbian Milan Rajevac.

However, Rajevac opted against renewing his contract with the team in September, prompting Desailly to declare his interest in managing the country of his birth.

But the 42-year-old has become disillusioned by the amount of time it is taking for the Ghana Football Association to make a decision.

"The administration takes a long time (to make a decision), it is more complicated than elsewhere," Desailly said.

"I had put both my private and professional life on stand-by, but who can wait three months without any guarantee, without receiving an explanation?"

The former France international is now expected to resume his career as a television pundit which has seen him working for a number of Europe's leading networks.

 

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