Sports Lecturer at the University of Ghana, Dr. Collins Agyemang Badu, believes that while the Ghana Football Association (GFA)’s hire of Kris Perquy is an acknowledgement of the need for a psychologist for the Black Stars, the association could have hired a Ghanaian as the lead psychologist for the job. (Click highlighted text to read full story)
He said this in an exclusive interview with Citi Sports in the wake of the Belgian’s hire after working extensively with the Belgian Football Association.
Perquay’s appointment was part of the GFA’s move to beef up the technical team of the Black Stars; former AFCON winner, Winfried Schafer and Black Satellites coach Desmond Ofei have been added to Black Stars head coach Otto Addo’s staff.
“I don’t think the principle of hiring someone other than a Ghanaian is wrong but in most cases, what we may want to ask is, do we have the human resource to be able to support our country?. So the question is as to whether we do have sports psychologists in Ghana? Yes we have registered Ghanaians who are sports psychologists.”
He further quizzed the process used in hiring Kris Perquy by asking, “is it that we advertised for this position and we never got anyone in Ghana? Is the move to have a psychologist widely advertised? We went through a process and we never got one? One would have thought (that) perhaps this position be advertised and then a final selection decision is made.”
Perquy and the rest of the Black Stars will be in action in March for 2026 FIFA World Cup games against Chad and Madagascar.
