General Captain of the Black Stars Asamoah Gyan has ardently stated that authorities influence coaches in the selection of players into the national team.
Palmer, a former management member of the Black Stars recently accused top GFA officials for playing part in the selection of players to the various national teams.
Gyan, who is the all-time top scorer for the Black Stars attested to the fact that coaches are influenced in the selection of players to the Black Stars.
In an interview with Adom TV, he said, “That thing is there, coaches selecting players because of outside pressure. I have been in the game for a long time. It does not happen only in Ghana. It happens everywhere”
“Sometimes people put pressure on the coach to put some players in the team. I don’t know if it happened in Kwesi Appiah’s time but I know that it happens”
“I can’t say that it happened with this coach or that coach but with my experience in the game, I know that there are some pressure from above which forces them to make mistakes.” He concluded.