‘I’ll ensure Grant stays in Ghana’

Even before he is confirmed by Parliament’s Appointment Committee as the new Minister of Youth and Sports, Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye, seems to have sent a clear message that he intends to crack the whip in order to get things done, particularly the vexed issue of the long stay of Black Stars coach, Avram Grant, outside the country under the guise of monitoring players in Europe.

Mr Vanderpuye told Star FM in an interview last Wednesday that when confirmed, he would ensure that Grant spent a lot of time in Ghana to work with local coaches and monitor players rather than his preferred mode of operating in Europe at huge cost to the state. 

“It is my conviction that our local coaches have the ability to excel and do better than the foreign coaches. We have a foreign coach now. I don’t have a problem with Avram Grant.

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