Former Black Stars forward, Nii Odartey Lamptey says the feud between Abedi Pele and Odartey Lamptey was the major reason why as the cause of Ghana’s botched campaign in Senegal.
Ghana paraded a strong squad for the tournament but unfortunately lost to Ivory Coast on penalty shootouts.
According to Lamptey, if things had things been smooth between the two players, Ghana would have won the trophy.
He further added that he did not pick a side in the power battle despite Tony Yeboah being his roommate.
“I was with Tony who was my roommate because I was an Ashanti boy," he told the Ernest Bruce Smith Show.
"When it comes to professional, I was in Europe with Abedi others. The problem was that everybody wanted to be a leader and that caused us the tournament.
"That thing caused our downfall. If Abedi was in the final, we would have won it. On the pitch they were cool but off the pitch, it was different," he added.
Ghana despite winning the AFCON trophy four times have struggled to win in recent times missing out on 2010 and 2015 to Egypt and Ivory Coast respectively.