Juventus coach is a strong favourite to take over the coaching whelms at Arsenal football club when the season comes to the end. Arsene Wenger is a man under immerse pressure after thirteen years without winning the English Premier League title. Arsenals capitulations at the hands of Bayern Munch in the Champions League has added to the growing list of years of under achievement. Allegri has been superb since taking over from Antonio Conte and for some the former Milan boss has done an even

Ghana international Jeffrey Schlupps wages will not be affected even if struggling English Premier League side Crystal Palace get relegated. The Ghanaian jumped from Leicester City to Palace with the opportunity of playing under former England Manager Sam Allardyce a sweet opportunity. The Ghanaian agreed a salary that saw him double his wages and placed a clause that will allow him still earn the same amount even if the club gets relegated. Palace have struggled for improvement under their

Ghana midfielder Kevin Prince Boateng is set to extend his contract with Spanish La Liga side Las Palmas after impressing in his first season. According to reports, Las Palmas have concluded talks to get Boateng extend his contract which will expire after this season. The former AC Milan player has been impressive since joining the La Liga outfit on a free transfer. He has scored seven goals in the Spanish La Liga so far this season....

JOHANNESBURG, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Africa will be looking to double the number of places it has at an expanded World Cup, the continent's football association presidents have told soccer's world governing body FIFA. Africa wants at least 10 spots in the 48-team World Cup that FIFA president Gianni Infantino has proposed from 2026 as the continent gave a ringing endorsement to the expansion plans. All associations back the idea to expand the World Cup and there is the hope that Africa

  Hearts of Oak ace Patrick Razak has says the club have no choice but to beat defending champions Wa All Stars in Accra on Sunday. The Phobians are without a win in three league matches and face a daunting task against the champions who will be playing their first match of the season. Hearts have not beaten All Stars in the last three games but Razak believes the team will jump start their season this weekend. "We have to win; it's not even a matter of choice or the

USA-based Ghana striker David Accam has been linked with a move to the Chinese Super League with three clubs reported to be interested. The Chicago Fire attackeris set for a bumper transfer to China before the window close on February 28, according to local media reports. Jiangsu Sainty, Henan Jianye and Shanghai East Asia are reported to have expressed interest in the Chicago Fire player. The 26-year old who missed out a chance to represent Ghana at the last edition of the Africa Cup of

Medeama new signing Eric Ofori Antwi says he's enjoying his time at the club. The goalkeeper joined the Yellow and Mauves on a permanent deal from Asante Kotoko at the start of the season. The 23-year-old has become the club's number one shot-stopper and says he's enjoying his stay.   I am very happy at Medeama, the reception is amazing, I feel at home and I am very happy to have made such a decision, he said. For now I just have to work hard and help the team to greater

Fans-favourites Marcel Desailly is yet to openly declare his interest in the vacant Ghana coaching job. The former France international is seen as the perfect replacement for Avram Grant who quit after the just ended Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon. Desailly, 48, has not managed a top club or national team, but his 20-year career gives him a wealth of experience. He won two Champions League titles with French side Marseille in 1993 and AC Milan from Italy in 1994 before going on to play for

Ashantigold coach Bashir Hayford claims he will end his career after the end of the current campaign. Hayford, who has never walked the talk, has claimed for the umpteenth time that he will quit due to bad officiating. The miners drew 1-1 at Tema Youth in their last Ghana Premier League fixture amid claims of poor officiating. And he has revealed he will end his coaching career at the end of the season. "I have even plan to quit from coaching after the season" he told Kumasi based

Ex-Medeama coach Tom Strand has arrived in Tarkwa over a possible return to the club, close to a year after he deserted the team while on international duty, GHANAsoccernet.com can exclusively reveal. The 35-year-old is expected to hold a showdown meeting with the club's top hierarchy on Friday morningin his quest tobe re-engaged. Strand left the club under shocking circumstances last year after he absconded from the team's hotel in South Africa in the wake of the side's 3-1 defeat

Just a few weeks after the departure of Black Stars coach Avram Grant, many coaches have submitted their CVs in pursuit of the vacant job and the latest to join the queue is top English manager Harry Redknapp. The Black Stars have been without a coach for close to a month now following the mutual termination of Avram Grant's contract after Ghana's failure to end their 35-year AFCON trophy drought at the just ended tournament in Gabon. Despite the Ghana FA remaining tight-lipped on who

A CECAFA Extra-ordinary meeting held in Libreville Gabon on 4th February 2016 passed a unanimous decision to support the candidature Issa Hayatou for the CAF Presidency at the forthcoming elections to be held on 16th March 2017 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The regional body confirmed the choice of the longest serving CAF President on its official website. The Post read: ''At CECAFA EXTRA ORDINARY MEETING held in Libreville Gabon on 4th February 2016, the Executive Committee of CECAFA Members

Nine months ago, Ghana international defender Daniel Amarteys manager Claudio Ranieri was being hailed as a miracle worker and serenaded by Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli after guiding Leicester to the English Premier League title at preseason odds of 5,000-1. Now, the charming Italian is out of a job after the Leicester fairytale turned sour quicker than anyone could have expected. A look at where it has gone wrong for Ranieri and Leicester: GETTING COMPLACENT Understandably, given the

The Black Stars Management Committee will meet the Executive Committee of the Ghana Football Association on Tuesday to submit their report and deliberate on the choice of the next coach for the senior national team following the departure of Avram Grant, the Ghana federation's Vice President George Afriyie has revealed. George explained in an interview with Angel FM in Kumasi explained that the Management Committee of the team will present their technical and management report to the Executive

The Ghana Football Association turned down the chance to play Nigeria and Senegal next month because of the lack of funds, according to sources. This means the Black Stars might pass up the FIFA free date for international friendlies which is between 20-28 March. Ghana had wanted to get active to prepare for the start of the 2009 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Ethiopia in June. The Black Stars are third in their 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying Group between Egypt and...

Ex-Ghana midfielder Otto Addo is being considered for the Black Stars job as a co-coach, GHANASoccernet.com understands. Sources say some members of the Ghana Football Asscoiation want the Nordsjaelland assistant coach to partner Ibrahim Tanko. Addo played for Ghana at the 2000 Africa Cup of Nations and at the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals in Germany. He has vast experience as a player for Borrusia Dortmund, Mainz 05 bfore moving to Hamburger SV where he later became the U19 coach. Tanko,

There is a groundswell of support for Sudan-based Kwesi Appiah to be re-appointed as Black Stars coach. The Al Khartoum coach has been identified as the heir-apparent after no major achievements in the last 18 months of Avram Grant's reign. Appiah has been quiet on the his possible return but the ex-Ghana captain has goodwill to take-over the team. He led the Black Stars to the last four of the Africa Cup of Nations and remains the only indigenous coach to have qualified the team to

The Ghana Football Association is yet to announce the selection mode for the next Black Stars coach. It is unknown if the local football governing will open applications (which has been the norm) or will headhunt for Avram Grant's successsor. Two years ago, a committee headed by Fred Pappoe searched for a new coach and they settled on the former Chelsea manager Grant. They interviewed the short-listed coaches at the Alisa Hotel in Accra where Grant came out on top....

The Ghana Football Association has received a deluge of applications for the vacant Black Stars coaching job. According to GHANASoccernet sources, more than 60 coaches (mostly expatriates) have expressed interest in handling the team. Frenchman Frank Dumas and Scottish Simon Menemy are among the tall list who have put in their CVs to be considered. The Ghana job became vacant after Israeli Avram Grant announced his departure earlier this month after returning from the 2017 Africa Cup of

Referee Cecil Fleischer has been named to take charge of the top-liner between Hearts of Oak and Wa All Stars whilePrince Amoah will be in the centre for Kotoko's clash with AshGold. Day Four of the 2016/17 Ghana Premier League matches will be played over the weekend. Match officials for the weekend GPL matches have been announced. Below are Match officials for Day 4 of the GPL: MATCH: HEARTS OF OAK VS WA ALL STARS Venue: Accra Stadium REF: Cecil Fleischer ASST 1: Ben Vormaxor