Ghana football is dead, I don't follow it again - Former Black Stars striker Tony Yeboah

Published on: 07 June 2023

Former Ghana international, Tony Yeboah, has stated that football in the West African country is dead insisting it is known by everyone.

Football in the country has struggled to attract the numbers with the current season witnessing low attendance at the various stadia.

Speaking in an interview with Accra-based Peace FM, the former Black Stars striker said he has no idea about what is happing in the country regarding football because he does not keep up with it.

"I don't know what is going on because I don't follow," he said. "Everyone knows Ghana football is dead because they didn't listen to the advice we gave them from the beginning.

"So I think they are currently facing the punishment. If you involve bribes and stuff like that in football, you will destroy the game."

Yeboah, who is an Entraintch Frankfurt legend also proposed that the leadership must have more interest in nurturing players and revive Colts football in order to produce great players as Ghana is best known for.

"The only advice I can give them is that they should go back and train the kids for youth (football) and develop Colts football either than that it will be difficult to get top players like we used to have back in the day. It will be very difficult."

Ghanaian clubs have struggled to make the group phase of the CAF inter-club competitions.

Berekum Chelsea are the last Ghanaian club to reach the group stage of the CAF Champions League while Asante Kotoko are the last side to feature in the Confederations Cup group stage in 2019.

Black Stars are yet to end the country's 41 years trophy drought. The team exited at the group phase of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cameroon having finished at the bottom of their group with just a point.

The team under Otto Addo exited the group phase of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar after winning just a game.

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