Former Vice President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Fred Pappoe, has added his voice to the on-going Asamoah Gyan general captain brouhaha, saying general captain position is not relevant.
André Ayew has been made the new captain of the Black Stars by head coach Kwasi Appiah ahead of the 2019 African Cup of Nations in Egypt. This was announced by the Ghana Football Association Normalisation Committee after it had met on the matter.
In a statement, the committee said it had given full backing to the plans of the coach.
This comes after Ghana’s coach Kwasi Appiah, named Ayew as the new captain while the nation’s football federation said former captain Asamoah Gyan had been made ‘General Captain’ for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations squad.
The Ghana Football Association presidential hopeful, Fred Pappoe, speaking to Ohene Brenya-Bampoe on Happy FM’s ‘Anopa Bosuo Sports’ said, “General captain position is a redundant position. It is not a position that you can get any serious job to do. if you look at the aftermath, if the general captain decides to work without any clear definition of his role and the captain also decides to work with the best of what is expected, then there will be conflict with the general captain. I don’t understand what they are talking about and it is very cosmetic. It becomes relevant if you look at club side not national team so is not relevant and unnecessary in the national team,” he said.
Fred Pappoe has declared himself to contest for the upcoming GFA presidential position.
By: Emmanuel Asante
