Former Ghana coach Milovan Rajevac, who led the Stars to their historic run to the quarter finals of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, has been appointed the new coach of the Desert Foxes of Algeria.
The Algerian FA announced the new appointment Sunday, although details of his contract were not made immediately public.
Kwesi Appiah is incompetent. It is a subjective opinion, but one I’m pretty sure majority of Ghanaians would agree with me on. Since taking over the team over two years ago, the Black Stars have moved from disaster to disaster whilst he stubbornly refuses to resign, and his employers refuse to fire him; because he’s the most amenable coach they’ve hired in a while.
Kwesi Appiah’s problem is not limited to on the pitch failings- though that’s a big part of it. The Black Stars camp has become a circus with him in charge, with no leadership from him meaning the players have free rein to basically do whatever they like. This has led to several incidents such as the world cup fiasco, incidents with Muntari and Prince Boateng, Asamoah Gyan leaving camp before last Saturday’s game; and has led to a laissez faire atmosphere which has severely hampered the Stars’ performances on the pitch.
It is against this backdrop that former coach Milovan Rajevac is in town to be named as the technical advisor for the Black Stars. The Serbian, who led the team to our best ever world cup performance in South Africa, is to serve in a largely ceremonial role over his former assistant.
The whole technical director saga has raised eyebrows, especially with people worrying over whether it’s not redundant to have a technical advisor whose functions are not particularly clear, and whether there wouldn’t be a usurpation of the coach’s power. After events over the last few months, Milo is being welcomed as a Messiah of a sort.
And that more than anything reveals how bad Kwesi Appiah’s tenure has become, if the former coach who left under acrimonious circumstances is being welcomed with open arms.
