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Chris Hughton gets Black Stars job

By Vincent Ashitey
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Chris Hughton is set to be confirmed as the next Black Stars coach after reaching an agreement with the Ghana Football Association, according to reports.

The former Brighton and Hove Albion manager will be taking over Serbian tactician Milovan Rajevac who was sacked last month after Ghana's poor display at AFCON 2021.

After his arrival in the country, a lot has been speculated about the government imposing him on the Ghana Football Association who are reported to be only interested in hiring former Ghana player Otto Addo.

The GFA have finally compromised and are ready to accept the government’s request to make the former English Premier League manager Ghana’s next coach.

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Black Stars face the Super Eagles of Nigeria next month in their quest to make a fourth appearance at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar December 2022.

Despite Ghana FA president Kurt Okraku traveling to meet with the Borussia Dortmund second assistant coach, Otto Addo to be become the new coach, everything is set bar last minutes changes to announce Hughton as the coach for Ghana following a meeting between the government and the GFA.

Ghana must get past Nigeria to make it to the next FIFA World Cup and are set to be led into the battle with their old foes by the experienced coach.