Kwesi Nyantakyi arrives from Egypt today after FIFA election success

Triumphant Kwesi Nyantakyi will return home on Friday afternoon after winning one of the two slots available to CAF onto the new FIFA Council.

Nyantakyi finished second with 31 votes; one more than Malagasy Ahmad but seven behind Almamy Kabele Camara from Guinea.

The 47-year-old will touch down at the Kotoka International Airport at 12:30pm on a Egypt Air flight.

He is expected to be received by hundreds of Ghanaian football fans who are basking in his new role.