Ghana's 2018 World Cup qualifying opponents Uganda in crisis as coach Micho quits

Ghana's World Cup qualifying opponents were left in serious crisis on Saturday after their highly regarded coach Milutin ‘Micho’ Sredojevic was reported to have quit.

Unconfirmed reports are indicating that Micho resigned as the coach of the Ugandan senior national team, the Cranes, on Saturday over unpaid salaries.

The news comes as a welcome development to the Black Stars' faint hopes of qualifying, as the coach is credited for the Cranes tough showing in the qualifiers.

He was in charge when the Ugandans held the Black Stars to a goalless draw in the opener of the qualifiers and his absence could bring a downturn in fortunes.

The latest development has further heightened intense speculations that the 47-year old Serbian is set to be unveiled as the new Orlando Pirates coach next week to take over from beleaguered Kjell Jonevret.

This week‚ Tebogo Moloi left Chippa United barely a month after he joined them and before the start of the new Absa Premiership campaign and he is expected to be reunited with Sredojevich at Pirates.

Sredojevic is highly respected in Uganda and across the continent and he helped Uganda to qualify for the 2017 Afcon in Gabon where they finished bottom of their group with one point.

If he leaves it would give Ghana the confidence to defeat Uganda in the next round of the qualifier to boost their chances of overtaking Egypt to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

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