Otto Addo turned down offer to coach FC Nordsjaelland before World Cup - Tom Venom
Tom Vernon, Chairman of FC Nordsjaelland, has disclosed that Otto Addo declined the chance to coach the Danish top-flight club just before the 2022 FIFA World Cup.Vernon explained that an offer was extended to Addo, the former assistant coach at Borussia Dortmund, but he chose to remain focused on his role with the Bundesliga team.Addo, who played for the Black Stars in the 2006 World Cup, was considered a strong candidate for the position due to his ability to navigate diverse cultural environments.“I offered him the head coach job at FCN and he said no. I tracked all of those coaches of Ghanaian heritage and monitor their careers, as well as all the local coaches," the Right to Dream Founder told Joy Sports.“So Otto was always like an interesting case. And then I was thinking about FCN, I said, who will understand the European mindset and the Ghanaian mindset?“And, you know, Denmark, border to Germany, they're different, but some similarities. So he was just an obvious candidate," he added.Addo initially led the Black Stars on an interim basis for the 2022 World Cup qualifying matches against Nigeria before guiding the team in Qatar. He...
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Tom Vernon, Chairman of FC Nordsjaelland, has disclosed that Otto Addo declined the chance to coach the Danish top-flight club just before the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Vernon explained that an offer was extended to Addo, the former assistant coach at Borussia Dortmund, but he chose to remain focused on his role with the Bundesliga team.
Addo, who played for the Black Stars in the 2006 World Cup, was considered a strong candidate for the position due to his ability to navigate diverse cultural environments.
“I offered him the head coach job at FCN and he said no. I tracked all of those coaches of Ghanaian heritage and monitor their careers, as well as all the local coaches," the Right to Dream Founder told Joy Sports.
“So Otto was always like an interesting case. And then I was thinking about FCN, I said, who will understand the European mindset and the Ghanaian mindset?
“And, you know, Denmark, border to Germany, they're different, but some similarities. So he was just an obvious candidate," he added.
Addo initially led the Black Stars on an interim basis for the 2022 World Cup qualifying matches against Nigeria before guiding the team in Qatar. He faced criticism for not accepting the Ghana job permanently. Previously, Addo had served as an assistant coach at Nordsjaelland from 2016 to 2017.
