Former Black Stars player Sam Johnson has pinned Black Stars head coach, Otto Addo’s, communication gaffes on inexperience on the part of the former Borussia Dortmund scout.
Johnson said this in an exclusive interview on Channel One TV’s Football Made in Ghana on the back of Ghana’s failure to qualify to the 2025 AFCON in Morocco.
After Ghana’s terrible campaign ended at the Accra Sports Stadium with a 2-1 loss to Niger, Otto Addo engaged in a very heated exchange at the post-game presser and Sam Johnson believes Addo’s inexperience coaching at the elite level contributes to his communication challenges with the media.
“It’s inexperience when it comes to talking to the media because the pressure coming, if he had enough experience, he would know how to go about it, he won’t get emotional and say so many things and I think that is where the problem lies more because if you try to explain yourself, Ghanaians are angry already if you try to explain yourself… they will never understand.”
Johnson won the Turkish Super League in the 2000-2021 season with Fenerbache.
