Journalist and former Ghana Football Association (GFA) Spokesperson, Ibrahim Sannie Daara, has named Otto Addo as Ghana’s best bet to securing a win against Nigeria in the upcoming World Cup qualifiers.

According to him, he ticks all the necessary boxes to coach the Black Stars to victory.

Speaking on JoyNews’ PM Express, Sannie Daara noted that the work Otto Addo has done with the Black Stars over the years places him in a key position to take over the mantle and steer the team efficiently.

Meanwhile, he was concerned that while Ghana still remains uncertain as to who will lead the team; Nigeria is already preparing to name her squad.

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“We’re just about 4 weeks to playing against Nigeria. Anything other than being focused on that match against Nigeria is us shooting ourselves in the foot. And I say these things for two reasons, while journalists have been sent on a wild goose chase, the Nigerians are focused.

“They will name their squad for the game against Ghana in the coming days, we don’t have anybody in charge. So the wisest thing the GFA can do is to look for somebody that knows the squad, that knows the players, has worked with the players, knows the psyche of Ghanaian players and can move to stabilize the team in the midst of this outing in the AFCON that does not impress all of us, so that we can go with a strong face to face Nigeria,” he said.

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“Anything other than that will further damage the team and will give us no chance in playing against Nigeria. And for that matter for me, Otto Addo ticks all the boxes," he said.

According to Sannie Daara, aside from the great relationship Otto Addo has with players on the team; his contribution towards Ghana’s match against Germany in the 2014 World Cup had resulted in the country’s stunning performance.

“At the 2014 World Cup, it was against Germany and you’d remember that Germany beat every country including Brazil with more than 7 goals. Ghana was the only country that was able to hold Germany.

“That tactic or those tactics used by Ghana’s coach, Kwesi Appiah to hold Germany and in fact we were on the verge of beating Germany was prepared by Otto Addo. He was then the scout for the team against Germany,” he said.

He described it as the wisest thing to do if Otto Addo was selected as Coach for the Black Stars.