Former Black Stars captain Stephen Appiah wants the Ghana Football Association to engage former Africa Cup of Nations winners in plans of ending Ghana’s trophy drought.
Since 1982, Ghana has failed to win Africa’s biggest national team football tourney and major stakeholders have expressed worry on the failure despite the recent investments in the team.
“Former players, when you speak to them, you can get something from them,” Appiah said on Prime Take on Joy Prime.
“They are experienced so when you ask them about certain opinions; for instance Mohammad Polo, Abedi Pele, Abdul Razak and the rest they have won the African Cup before, so you can speak to them for advice.
“Trust me, I’ve never talked about myself. Never, because I think that there are people who came before us, there are people who won trophies as I mentioned, Abedi Pele and the rest.
“Since 2008, we have been to the semi-finals and finals consistently. In 2015, against Cote d’Ivoire, we had the chance to win it after they missed their first two penalty kicks, but we couldn’t grab the cup.
“So I think you[GFA] can invite certain former players and ask them ‘what did they do to win the trophy during their time’ and they will give you ideas, you can take it or not,” he added.
Ghana has won the Africa Cup of Nations four times (1963, 1965, 1978, and 1982), while finishing as runners-up five times (1968, 1970, 1992, 2010, and 2015).
