Black Stars coach Otto Addo has disclosed that the only pressure he receives from the Ghana Football Association (GFA) is to include home-based players in his squad.
He emphasized that he enjoys considerable autonomy, dispelling rumours that he lacks full control and that higher-ups interfere with his decisions.
“The Ghana FA let me do my thing. I don’t know if I can say this, but the only pressure they gave me was to include local-based players in the squad. Otherwise, I loved the freedom they gave me,” Otto Addo revealed during a press conference on Wednesday.
At the press conference, he announced a 26-man squad for the upcoming 2026 World Cup qualifiers against Mali and the Central African Republic.
The squad includes only one home-based player, Asante Kotoko goalkeeper Frederick Asare, and notably excludes captain Andre Ayew.
