“The Ghana Premier League lacks quality players” – Veteran coach Kuuku Dadzie

James Kuuku Dadzie, an experienced coach from Ghana, has expressed his concern about the current state of the Ghana Premier League, citing a lack of quality as the primary reason.

Despite the close point differences in the league log, Dadzie believes that this shouldn’t deceive anyone into thinking that the league is competitive and tough.

Dadzie, who last coached Ebusua Dwarfs in the 2020/21 season, spoke to Akoma FM in Kumasi and stated that there is no clear difference in the quality of players across all the Premier League teams in Ghana, which accounts for the tight and competitive nature of the league. He added that the two traditional giants, Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko, are no longer ahead in terms of squad quality, and this explains why they are not dominating anymore.

Dadzie, a former Ghanaian international and CAF instructor who trains coaches, lamented the absence of gifted players like Mohammed Polo, Asamoah Gyan, Abedi Pele, and himself in Ghanaian football today.

He believes that football is about quality players and that the lack of such players in the league is the reason for its poor state.

“Football is about players, and we mean quality ones. Personally for me, in Ghana all the Premier league teams have average players, there are no clear differences in their qualities that is why we see the league to be tight and competitive with close gaps in the point build up.

“The qualities are the same and spread across, Kotoko and Hearts are not ahead in terms of squad quality. This account for why they are not dominating again.

“During my playing days, there was quality in our play, we could beat you with ease.
Also, we had gifted players, I am the best center-back Ghana has ever had because I was gifted. Mohammed Polo, Asamoah Gyan, Abedi Pele and the rest were all gifted but we don’t see such players in our country in recent times.”