Keshi says big egos in Ghana squad are not difficult to manage

Stephen Keshi believes the big-name Ghana players are not difficult to manage as he touts his credentials for the vacant coaching job.

The 52-year-old declared his interest in landing the vacant Black Stars job – one he considers as a ‘dream’ a few weeks after leaving his post with the Super Easgles.

The Black Stars job is however considered a very difficult task with a lot of big name coaches and egos to manage.

Immediate past coach of the side Kwesi Appiah was accused widely for his failure to properly man-manage the star-studded names in the team – paramount of them being Kevin-Prince Boateng.

But Keshi, who laid down the marker to lead Nigeria to a successful campaign at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations – where he was bold enough to drop some big name players – believes he is better equipped to take on the difficult Ghana job.

The former Mali coach adds, “The players are not difficult to manage,” he told Happy FM.

“They are just like women. You only need to sit them down and tell them what you expect from them and everything will be well.

“The problem is only when officials are not keeping to their promises and the players decide to voice out their frustrations – then we think they are stubborn.

“They are not stubborn, they just want to voice out their opinions.

“I am tough, I am a disciplinarian but we understand ourselves. They know the line not to cross.

“We have to spell everything out. If you like it, you join us, if you don’t, you don’t join us.

“The Black Stars is not a small team but there are always limits with me.

“But it is not all the time that you have to be tough on your players.”