{"id":50552,"date":"2014-09-24T08:07:42","date_gmt":"2014-09-24T08:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=50552"},"modified":"2014-09-24T08:11:22","modified_gmt":"2014-09-24T08:11:22","slug":"3-european-coaches-join-race-for-stars-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/09\/3-european-coaches-join-race-for-stars-job\/","title":{"rendered":"3 European coaches join race for Stars job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three leading European coaches have joined the race for the vacant Black Stars coaching job as the Ghana Football Association (GFA) prepares to name a replacement for the sacked Kwesi Appiah.<\/p>\n<p>According to Citi Sports sources, former Coach of Real Madrid, Bernd Schuster and Dutch football great Patrick Kluivert have applied to coach the national team.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Bernd_Schuster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-50554\" alt=\"Bernd_Schuster\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Bernd_Schuster.jpg\" width=\"641\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Bernd_Schuster.jpg 641w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Bernd_Schuster-300x195.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The other name in the mix is former Chelsea coach Avram Grant.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Avram-Grant-0041.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-50555\" alt=\"Avram-Grant-004\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Avram-Grant-0041.jpg\" width=\"460\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Avram-Grant-0041.jpg 460w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Avram-Grant-0041-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Although the three coaches, we understand, are among the final eleven shortlisted for the job, our sources say an appointment will not be made in time for Ghana\u2019s two African Cup qualifiers scheduled for early next month.<\/p>\n<p>It is likely that Maxwell Konadu, who was Kwesi Appiah\u2019s assistant, will take charge of those games.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;UOxquwf851DYwy7I5ooTztvE3JWYZSe8&#8243;]Coach Milovan Rajevac was the <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/09\/11\/breaking-milovan-rajevac-is-new-ghana-coach-citi-sports-sources\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>favourite to take charge of the team<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, but his demands forced the FA to give room for other coaches to come in.<\/p>\n<p>The Ghana Football Association (GFA)<span style=\"color: #666699;\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/09\/12\/gfa-confirms-kwesi-appiahs-exit\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>confirmed that they have parted ways with Black Stars coach<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span> James Kwesi Appiah.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement released by the association, they \u201chave agreed to mutually part ways.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Appiah and officials of the FA met on Friday morning to reach the agreement on the departure of Mr. Appiah.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Gary Al-Smith\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three leading European coaches have joined the race for the vacant Black Stars coaching job as the Ghana Football Association (GFA) prepares to name a replacement for the sacked Kwesi Appiah. 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