I want the Black Stars head coach job not as an assistant- Tanko

Former Black Stars forward and now assistant coach of the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon, Ibrahim Tanko has declared his intention of joining the technical team of the Black Stars only as head coach not as an assistant.

This revelation comes as the Ghana FA made an official statement last Friday that its outfit and the Black Stars coach James Kwesi Appiah had agreed to mutually part ways therefore making the position vacant.

Reports in the media are that apart from the assistant coach Maxwell Konadu the   rest of the technical staff will follow suit and it is believed Konadu will be named as substantive coach anytime soon.

Tanko has  been linked to the Black Stars assistant coach job due to his commitment exhibited  since he joined the four times African champions, Cameroon.

But in an exclusive interview with Asempa Sports, the former Borussia Dortmund player says he will only accept an offer from the Ghana FA as head coach of the Black Stars.

“I will not join the Black Stars coaching staff as assistant but head coach rather because if I look at those who are applying for the job at the moment then nothing prevents me from applying for the top most one”.

“Anyway, am very happy with where the Cameroonian national team has gotten me into. Although is in my plan that as a coach I will come back home one day to serve my motherland”

“The coach am working with is one of the best so am not sure that if any country approach me to assist now, I don't think I will be able to do so just because I know what am getting from Volker Finke”. He added

Tanko joined the Cameroon national team in June 2013 following the appointment of the German tactician, Volker Finke and was also appointed as a scout for Ghana at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations Story by Ghana/Asempa Sports/Immortal Agyakwah- Acheampong