Avram Grant confirmed as Ghana’s new coach until 2017
- peterkyei
- Nov 27, 2014
- 1 min read
The former Chelsea manager Avram Grant is the new coach of Ghana after agreeing a 27-month contract, the country’s football association announced on Thursday.
The 54-year-old Israeli, who missed out on winning the Champions League with Chelsea in 2008 after a penalty shootout defeat in the final against Manchester United, will lead Ghana in January’s Africa Cup of Nations finals.
Grant replaces Kwesi Appiah who led the Black Stars at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil but departed the job in September.
Speaking at a press conference at the Ghana FA’s headquarters in Accra, president Kwesi Nyantakyi said he has set the Israeli a target of “doing well” at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea and aim to win the 2017 edition.
“Grant needs time to know the players very well so we can’t ask him to win the Nations Cup. That would be unrealistic,” he said.
Source: The Guardian
