Former Ghana star Laryea Kingston has advised Ghana Premier League (GPL) clubs to appoint the right coaches, not just people they will control simply because they are friends.
Kingston thinks appointing the right gaffer by the various club's will enhance conditions in the Ghanaian top-flight.
"The clubs should make sure they hire the right technical persons, not just because, 'Oh, I'm friends with this coach,' or because some coaches, excuse me to say, will go and lobby for the job, and then the job will be given to them,” Laryea Kingston told Joy Sports.
“It's not about the club owners assessing the coach who is capable of doing the job, but because he's my friend, because I can control him, I'll give him that job so that I will still have influence in directing him on what to do on the pitch, meanwhile he doesn’t even come to training to watch.
“These are some of the things that, if we put in place, hiring a very good coach who knows how to do the job, not to favor him because he's my friend or because I can control him or tell him what to do, I do it. At the end of the day, I'm going to pay—sorry to say, I'm going to pay—the referee to get results."
The 2024-25 GPL started over the weekend with some horrific results, including Hearts of Oak bowing to a 1-0 defeat to newly promoted Basake Holy Stars.
Kingston who took charge of Ghana's U17 team - shockingly announced his resignation as the Black Starlets finished third in the WAFU U-17 Championship hosted in Accra, failing to secure a spot in next year’s U-17 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).
By: Pascal Amoah
