Otto Addo is close to being appointed as the head coach of the Black Stars as the Ghana Football Association(GFA) has reached an agreement the Borussia Dortmund about their Assistant coach.

The Ghanaian trainer who is an assistant coach at the German club will lead Ghana to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

Otto Addo said in a podcast of Hamburger Abendblatt that he has received a permission from Broussia Dortmund to join the Black Stars until 2023.

“I got permission from Dortmund. Under certain conditions, it works out that I can do the international game phases in June, September and also the World Cup,” Addo said in a podcast of Hamburger Abendblatt.


But Otto Addo will combine the Dortmund job and the Ghana coaching role on the long term.

Addo has never hidden his intent to take Ghana to the World Cup in Qatar but was also not ready to give up his Dortmund job so a compromise has been reached with Ghana and Dortmund.

After Ghana's dismal showing at the 2021 African Cup of Nations tournament in Cameroon, Serbian trainer Milovan Rajevac was shown the exit with Otto Addo being made the coach whiles George Boateng and Masaud Didi Dramani were made assistant coaches.

Whiles Irishman with Ghanaian father Chris Hughton was made a technical advisor to the Otto Addo lead technical team.

The new look technical team masterminded qualification over fierce rivals Nigeria in a two legged play off game.

Their contract ended after securing qualification to the World Cup against Nigeria but the GFA is keen to continue with the same team and are in talks to quickly wrap up negotiations with the German club as qualifies for the 2023 AFCON will begin in  June.

Ghana has been drawn in group H at the 2022 FIFA World Cup alongside Portugal, Korea Republic and Uruguay.

Meanwhile the qualifies for the 2023 AFCON in Ivory Coast will start in June with Ghana drawn alongside Angola, Central African Republic and Madagascar.