Assistant coach of the senior national team, Mas-Ud Didi Dramani, says the new technical team will keep the core of the Black Stars ahead of beginning their work.

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) officially announced Chris Hughton as the new head coach with George Boateng and Didi Dramani maintaining their roles as assistants.

The decision comes following months of negotiations between the Ghana FA and the parties involved after Otto Addo resigned from the role following the team's exit from the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Didi, like Boateng and Hughton, was part of the technical team that led Ghana in Qatar after finding a way past Nigeria in the playoffs.

In a yet-to-air interview on Prime Take, the 56-year-old told Joy Sports: "The [World Cup] squad is still alive. You have to look at how the leagues are going now as well as those [players] who are on the pitch. Talking about those to maintain, if the person is injured he is out [for the qualifiers].

"The core of the team is still the base," he added.

For the next international break, the technical team will be without players such as Daniel-Kofi Kyereh, Elisha Owusu and Alidu Seidu, who are all on the treatment table after suffering injuries with their respective clubs.

Kyereh picked up a cruciate ligament injury which has ruled him out for the rest of the season while the extents of Owusu and Seidu's injuries are unknown.

The Black Stars, who are top of Group E for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers with four points based on goal difference, will host Angola, who also have four points, on Monday, March 20, 2023.