Former Black Stars midfielder Derek Boateng has slammed the Ghana Football Association (GFA) for the country’s recent tournament failures.
Ghana’s tournament performances over the past 16 months have been extremely poor. The U-17 and U-20 teams failed to impress in the WAFU Zone B tournaments and missed out on qualification for the AFCON tournaments.
The senior national team, the Black Stars, finished last in their group at the Cameroon tournament, managing only one point. They also suffered an early exit at the World Cup in Qatar. Additionally, the Black Galaxies were eliminated in the quarter-finals of the African Nations tournament by Niger.
Last Friday, the Black Meteors were eliminated from the U-23 Africa of Nations group stage, and Boateng, who has represented Ghana in several tournaments, including two World Cups, has slammed the Kurt Okraku-led GFA, accusing them of interfering in everything, including player selection.
“The FA owns a lot of players in the national teams and that’s why we don’t perform,” he said on Joy Sports Link.
“When CK [Akonnor] was there, the FA were telling him the kind of players he should call and when things didn’t go well they kicked him out.”
