Former GFA Exco Member Osei Palmer Criticises Otto Addo as Black Stars Coach
- Former member of the executive council of the Ghana FA, Wilfried Osei Palmer, has criticised Otto Addo as Black Stars coach
- The Tema Youth owner believes the former Dortmund player is not right for the national team job
- The Black Stars failed to qualify for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations after a winless run in the qualifiers
Wilfried Osei Kwaku Palmer, a former member of the Ghana Football Association's executive committee, has criticised the decision to make Otto Addo coach of the Black Stars.
The owner and bankroller of lower-tier side Tema Youth believes Addo is not qualified to lead the Black Stars.
His comment comes following the Black Stars' failure to qualify for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco.
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Under the former Borussia Dortmund player, Ghana has won only two of 14 matches played since his reappointment in 2024.
"I've always been clear with my opinion on Otto Addo (that he is not the right man)," Palmer said in an interview on Asempa FM," as quoted by My Joy Online.
"If you look at the results that he has been producing, do you think he is doing well?"
"We said Kwasi Appiah should be sacked because he was not good, but he is the one who helped Sudan qualify for the 2025 AFCON and beat us in the process."
Despite Ghana's failure to reach the tournament in Morocco, the federation has yet to decide on the coach's future.
The Black Stars will return to action in March for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Madagascar and Chad.
Palmer blames GFA for AFCON failure
The former Black Stars management committee member also lashed out at the Ghana Football Association over the country's failure to qualify for AFCON 2025.
According to Palmer, the team's failure to make it to the tournament in Morocco is indicative of the poor work done by the Kurt Okraku administration.
"Black Stars failure to qualify for the AFCON is a degeneration of the FA as a structure or a system," Palmer said in an interview with Joy Sports.
"If you look at the performances of the players as well as the management, you realise that a whole of things were not going well for the team. We have changed coaches over the period, and it has not helped us in any way."
Palmer was one of the candidates vying for the top job following the end of the Kwesi Nyantakyi era but his candidacy was revoked over legal issues.
Appiah set for Black Stars role
Earlier, YEN.com.gh reported that former Ghana captain Stephen Appiah is set to take up a role in the new Black Stars management committee.
The Ghana Football Association dissolved the old management committee after the senior national team failed to qualify for the Nations Cup in Morocco.
Other members set to form the team are Dr Randy Abbey, FC Samartex president Dr Richard Duah Nsenkyire and Greater Accra Regional Football Association chairman Samuel Aboabire.
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Source: YEN.com.gh
