WE HAVE NOT NEGLECTED OTHER NATIONAL TEAMS

Ghana Football Association boss, Kwesi Nyantakyi
has dispelled suggestions that his outfit pays little
attention to the country's other national teams.
Nyantakyi was responding to President John
Dramani Mahama’s plea for the FA to give equal
attention to other national teams during his State
of the Nation Address last Thursday.
In an exclusive interview with Joy Sports, Kwesi
Nyantakyi noted that the GFA has not
concentrated so much on the Black Stars, but
admits the recent outings of the team has become
a reference point for this perception of neglect.
"To a very large extent, a lot has been done
probably on the blind side of the country. Many
people who are not closely attached to the teams
may not know what we do for the junior national
teams,' Nyantakyi explained.
"If we look at the technical teams, the level of
expertise we recruit for the Black Stars is what
we are now trying to transfer to the other
national teams.
"If you look at kits, for instance, the Puma
contract, although the focus is the Black Stars,
the quality of kits given to the junior teams are
not different from what the Black Stars gets.
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The same jerseys we get from Puma [are enjoyed]
by all the teams including the women’s team."
He added that training tours are "a standard for
every tournament the Black Stars goes and we do
the same with the other teams."
"We have only one senior national team like any
other country and so in terms of ranking of the
country they use the senior national team and that
appears to be the focal point but it doesn’t mean
we have relegated the other national teams to the
background. Equal attention is given all.”
Meanwhile, Nyantakyi revealed that they have
boosted the technical team of the Ghana U-20
team with a physical trainer and two video analysts
as the side prepares for this month’s African
Youth Championship in Senegal.
"The Black Stars enjoyed the services of a physical
trainer and a video analyst, in addition to that the
head coach of the Black Stars has been seconded
and we have transferred all these expertise to the
U-20 team so we can raise the bar as far as the
level of the Black Stars."