The Ghana Football Association (GFA) says it has reached an agreement with with former Chelsea coach, Avram Grant, to take over as Black Stars coach.
After being interviewed by a GFA panel, the Israeli trainer beat Juan Ignacio Martínez Jimenez and former Switzerland assistant coach, Michel Pont, to emerge the FA’s preferred choice .
The GFA told Accra-based Joy FM Friday that it had held positive talks with the Israeli trainer over his remuneration.
“To a very large extent we have reached an agreement with him on all the issues because we had to discuss the details of the contract,” FA president, Kwasi Nyantakyi, said.
“Issues that we would like to see in the contract and this include but not limited to benchmarking, remuneration, benefits due him in terms of leave and budget that will be made available for him to do his work and what we want to see of him.
“We talked about benchmarks such as the Africa cup of Nations and ensuring that we develop a team for the present and the future, how to scout and monitor new players, he seems to have a good database on Ghanaian players, he appears to be a good motivational personality, he is more of a motivator and somebody who can manage the egos and the expectation of our players,” he added.
