Black Stars head coach Chris Hughton said the focus is on building a team with match-winning potential.
Although he cannot guarantee a Ghana trophy during his 21-month contract, Hughton said his main ambition is to build a competitive and winning team from the talented youngsters he previously worked with as the national team’s technical adviser last year, during the tenure of his predecessor, Otto Addo .
Speaking at the opening ceremony at the SG Mall in Kumasi yesterday, the 64-year-old former Tottenham Hotspur boss said his ambition to build a formidable team can only be achieved with proper preparation and selection of the right players to match their style of play.
“We want to see a winning team because there may be and there will be many questions about the style of football played by the players, ‘why this player does not play and why this player plays, are you too defensive, are you too attacking’.
“Ultimately, what we want to see is winning football and that starts with the correct preparation of the team using the players with the best abilities and choosing a team that suits the type of players we have,” he said.
Coach Hughton insists that the backroom staff have bought into the vision and are on par with the philosophy, ready to build a strong team capable of winning matches.
He will be assisted by Mas-Ud coaches Didi Dramani and George Boateng, with Richard Kingson as goalkeeper coach – all members of Otto Addo’s technical team last year.
“So, I think we all as coaches stand on the same level, the same starting point is to bring together a group of players to play as a team and win football matches,” he said in response to a question about coaching. philosophy for the team.
Speaking about his ability for the role, Coach Hughton said he had previously worked with three teams in the English Premier League and another club in the English Championship. [second-tier of English football system].
Previously, he worked as an assistant coach for 14 years, including as an assistant coach of the Irish national team between 2003 and 2005, before becoming a substantive coach, so he is very experienced and competent in handling the Ghana national team.
“The football association asked if I wanted to be the next coach. It was a role that I did not hesitate to accept. I have been in football for a long time not only as a head coach but also as an assistant coach for some 14 and a half years before I became a head coach “.
Coach Hughton, who previously worked as the national team’s technical adviser from March last year until Ghana fell out of the FIFA World Cup 20202 in Qatar last December, however, admitted that it was a different experience to coach the club and club teams. national team.
He explained that, unlike club coaches who have players in the back and on the phone, the national team coach has very limited time for preparation but said he is ready to spread his rich experience to help the team.
Source: graphic.com.gh
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