I never requested for a technical advisor - Appiah

Head Coach of the senior national team, James Kwasi Appiah, has dispelled rumours that he has requested for a technical advisor as being reported in the local media.

According to reports, the GFA is close to announcing former Black Stars coach Milovan Rajevac as the new technical advisor based on the request of Kwasi Appiah.

“In the first place, I did not request for a technical advisor; I need to make that clear. It was a suggestion that was brought up, and I said when it comes to just an advisory role, I have no problem," Kwesi Appiah told local radio station Luv FM.

Appiah says he is only interested in advice that would lead him to discover talents for the national team.

He added that if the government has money to hire ten or twenty advisors for the team, it would be a good thing.

“You know how I spotted Atsu? It was through a friend who saw him and advised me that ‘I’ve seen a player here who is doing very well.’ So advisory role, it could be anyone. And for me, if the country has got money and we can even get ten or twenty people to play the advisory role to support the team, it’s a good thing.”

The former Ghana captain stressed that he is willing to take advice from whoever is appointed as the technical advisor of the national team.

“It is an advisory role so if he advises, and I think it will benefit the team and the country, why not? I will take it. If not, I will do what I think will benefit the country because at the end of the day, if things do not go well, it is not about the advisor. It is about me. When it comes to football, I cannot say that I’m the only one who knows everything about it.

“It is always important that you have people who can always give some advice. The question is whether the advice can benefit the team and the country.”