Derek Boateng has voiced his discontent with the Ghana Football Association's handling of former Black Stars coach Charles Akonnor.
Akonnor was dismissed after losing a 2022 World Cup Qualifier to South Africa in September 2021. He was appointed in 2019 following James Kwesi Appiah's departure.
Boateng believes that Akonnor was not allowed to operate independently and was held accountable for things that were not his ideas. In an interview with Asempa FM, Boateng said, "I think they didn't assist CK Akonnor at all. They controlled everything for him but got rid of him when things went wrong, and that's really bad. I heard CK [Akonnor] complaining to someone I was close to, and that's not good."
Boateng also suggested that if the GFA placed a higher priority on investing in their coaches, Ghana would have benefited more from Charles Akonnor. He suggested that the association could have supported Akonnor's development by allowing him to expand his coaching knowledge through attachments to teams like Manchester City and Liverpool during national team off-seasons.
"If we invest in him, we will benefit from it. I believe they should have backed him to expand his coaching knowledge by going on attachments to teams like Manchester City and Liverpool, but the FA does not do that. This is what Senegal, Cameroon, and Morocco are all doing for their national team coaches," he added.
