Former Kotoko and AshantiGold SC coach, Bashiru Hayford has sadly disclosed he has no passion for football coaching anymore and feels he's been ignored and not valued anymore
The last time he managed a club actively in the Ghana Premier League was in 2020 when he had a short spell with Legon Cities FC.
He is one of the gaffers in the country at the moment and boasts of two league titles; with Kotoko in 2008 and AshantiGold SC in 2015.
Just recently, Hayford served as the head coach of the Ocean Stars of Somalia but for just a year and that was after he had led Ghana's senior women national team Black Queens to the 2018 AWCON.
Speaking for the first time in a long time, the experience gaffer sadly wishes he had delved into a different profession instead of coaching and added he doesn't even develop interest for the local game anymore. He told Kumasi-based Akoma FM;
"To be honest, I don't have passion for the game again. I don't even feel like watching the league."
"Because I feel that I still have a lot to give. This should be the period where the FA or the Ministry should be tasking some of us to be building the capacities of coaches, assessing games, providing solutions, assisting coaches and doing a lot for our football."
"But I'm still home, the Ministry and the FA are not tapping into our wealth of experience even though the nation has invested hugely in some of us. We have the knowledge, we can help groom the new coaches, players, and even administrators for the development of the game."
"But unfortunately, our football has become so partisan that if you don't align to one side, you are ignored or neglected."
"I don't regret coaching because it has helped me a lot, but I regret not choosing a different profession who would have placed more value on me. The new broom can sweep but the old one knows every corner of the room."
