Kwesi Appiah is hot

• As Sports Ministry refuses to pay for Rajevac’s appointment

By Daniel Oduro

Black Stars coach Kwesi Appiah is faced with a big conundrum as the ministry of Youth and Sports has declined to foot the bill to hire a technical advisor for the senior national football team, ahead of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil in June.

Kwesi Appiah has informed his bosses at the Ghana football Association that he wants former Ghana coach Milovan Rajevac as part of his technical team for the tournament in Brazil.

Kwesi Appiah, who was once an assistant coach to the Serbian tactician, rates his former boss highly and believes his inclusion to Ghana’s technical bench for the 2014 World Cup will increase the team’s chances of getting out of the difficult Group G which includes heavyweights Germany, Portugal and USA.

The GFA is said to be opened to the idea of granting Kwesi Appiah his wish by recruiting the Serbian to help the Black Stars but the sticking point at the moment is who will bear the cost of Rajevac’s appointment.

Finder Sports can exclusively reveal that GFA President, Kwesi Nyantakyi last week briefed the Ministry of Youth and Sports that Appiah has requested that he needs help and specifically asked for Milo.

Finder Sports understands that the GFA wants the ministry to pay for Rajevac’s appointment but the ministry is insisting that since it was Appiah who is seeking help, he may have to pay himself because after all he will earn double of the bonuses the players will earn at the tournament.

The Ministry was categorical in their stance that they can't shoulder the burden of an extra technical person on Ghana’s bench.  .  

Our sources say the Sports ministry is likely to push that the GFA sacks Kwesi Appiah and rather make Milovan Rajevac the head coach, for conceding he can't do this job or ask Maxwell to take full charge of local black stars and demote Appiah to deputy coach of the national team. So the GFA has been asked to weigh the options and revert to the Ministry.