Ex-Chelsea boss Avram Grant is New Ghana Coach

Ex-Chelsea boss Avram Grant has just been named the new coach of Ghanian national team.
The 59-year-old has signed a 27-month deal to take over from Maxwell Konadu, who had been in temporary charge since Kwesi Appiah left in September. He will start work on Monday and his contract will finish at the end of February 2017 – after that year’s Africa Cup of Nations finals. Israeli Grant has only six weeks to prepare the Black Stars for the 2015 Nations Cup in Equatorial Guinea. source
The Ghana Football Association have given Grant a target of “doing well” at the upcoming tournament and to win the event two years later. GFA president Kwesi Nyantekyie told BBC Sport: “It would be unfair to ask a coach appointed only one month before a tournament to win the trophy. “But he must do well and then the FA will assess his performance after the Nations Cup and determine whether he has done well or not. “Avram Grant is a motivator and an organiser. We needed someone with a certain stature or pedigree who can manage the egos of our players as well as their expectations and those of Ghanaians in general. “He has managed a lot of top-class players, and [coping with high profile players] has been the bane of many African coaches. We believe his quality will turn things around for us.” Ghana, who topped their qualification group for next year’s showpiece, will find out their opponents in Equatorial Guinea when the draw is made on 3 December. The tournament will be held between 17 January and 8 February.