Gideon Mensah, who featured in both legs of the World Cup playoffs against Nigeria, believes the current technical team should be maintained for the 2022 World Cup.
Prior to the playoffs, the Ghana Football Association announced a four-man technical team comprising interim head coach Otto Addo, assistant coaches Didi Dramani and George Boateng, and Technical Advisor Chris Hughton.
After achieving their sole mandate of securing qualification to the Football Mundial, there have been calls from Ghanaians to extend the contract of the technical team. President Nana Akufo-Addo has led such calls as he believes all four technical members should be kept for the World Cup before a long term decision is made.
Mensah had high praise for the technical staff on how they went about the preparations for the Nigeria game.
“We loved the atmosphere around these three coaches, Didi Dramani, Otto Addo, and George Boateng,” he told Joy Sports in an exclusive interview.
The Bordeaux left-back identified how the coaching staff gave him the needed confidence ahead of the game detailing what was required of him in the two games.
“They gave me a role in the team, not just as a young boy coming into the team but the trust. Moving on, I’ll love to work with coaches like this.”
Although the World Cup is seven months away, the 23-year-old defender believes the core of the team should be maintained alongside the technical staff.
“Going to the World Cup, I think it will be easier for us if we go with this team, I mean, most of the players and technical staff”
“If we are going to have them in the World Cup, why not? It’s going to be one of the greatest things to have happened to the national team,” he added.
So far, Otto Addo and George Boateng have both stated that they are willing to continue once the Ghana Football Association negotiates with their respective clubs.
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