Ex-Brighton Boss Hughton Appointed Ghana Technical Advisor

    Sampson Adedeji   The Ghana Football Association has announced the appointment of former Newcastle United manager Chris Hughton as the technical advisor of the Black Stars. Former midfielder Otto Addo will serve as the head coach with George Boateng and Mas-Ud Dramani also part of the new technical crew. The 63- year old will provide Technical advice to the three-man team for next month’s FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 play-off match against Nigeria. “The Executive Council of the Ghana Football Association decided at a meeting held in Accra on Wednesday, February 9, 2022. Otto Addo, a former Ghana player is currently the Assistant Coach of German Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund – he boasts of about 13 years of Coaching experience that dates back to 2009 when he first took up the job of an Assistant Coach at Hamburger SV.” The 46-year old previously worked as a scout for the Black Stars in 2013 before the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil and the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea. The four-man team has been put together to take charge of the two matches against rivals Nigeria. The Black Stars will take on the Super Eagles at the Cape Coast stadium on March 24 before travelling to Nigeria for the 2nd leg at the Abuja Sports stadium on Sunday, March 27, 2022.