The former Chelsea manager Avram Grant has been identified as the man the Ghana Football Association want to take over as coach, although a deal has still yet to be agreed.
Grant, who also had spells in charge of Portsmouth and West Ham, is the technical director for Thai club Tero Sasana having resigned as the Partizan Belgrade manager in May 2012.
The Israeli was included on a five-man shortlist to take over as the Black Stars coach along with the former Italy midfielder Marco Tardelli, Spain’s Juan Ignacio Martínez and the German Bernd Schuster.
The GFA president, Kwesi Nyantakyi, said Grant is their preferred choice, although he has yet to finalise his contract with the 2010 World Cup quarter-finalists.
“The exec considered a report of the committee to appoint the new coach for Ghana,” Nyantakyi said. “It’s a very good job reviewing the applicants and two were considered exceptionally good.
“Our preference is Avram Grant and Martínez is our second choice. We have not reached agreement with him yet but it is left with some small details which will be sorted out soon.”
