Former Ghana international Emmanuel Agyemang Badu believes a lack of a transitional plan in recent years has led to the poor performances of the respective national teams.

Aside the Black Satellites which seem to be on a good trajectory in the last year, the Black Stars, the Black Starlets and the Black Galaxies as well as the Black Meteors have all been on a downhill suffering major shocking results.

The Black Stars failed to qualify for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament while the Black Galaxies also failed to make the postponed CHAN tournament.

Agyemang Badu, who was part of a successful Black Satellites team that got promoted to the Black Stars, believes the lack of proper transition has been an underlying challenge.

"If you recall back our time, Sellas Tetteh went with Sadiq Adams, Ransford Osei, and all those guys. They came and prompted five of them. They met me, Samuel Inkoom and Others. Then we took the U20 to the World Cup and won it. When we came back, they selected seven of us for the 2010 AFCON," he told TV3.

“When we reached the finals, we were beaten by Egypt. The big names were gradually going out and we took control of the national team.

"From there, the U20 have not been doing well. The U17 have not been doing well so you’re not getting the transition like our time."

The current Black Stars squad has one member of the Black Satellites squad that qualified Ghana for the next edition of the U-20 World Cup.