VIDEO: Ghana yet to pay me for winning the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2009 – Sellas Tetteh cries out

Ghana’s FIFA U20 World Cup-winning coach Sellas Tetteh has disclosed how the football governing body’s executives have abandoned him.

Recently, the seasoned tactician overcame an ailment that had been bothering him for some time.

It would be recalled that Tetteh led Ghana’s team during the 2009 African Youth Championship. For the first time since1999, he assisted the Ghana under-20 squad in winning the ultimate, securing their place in the World Cup.

Tetteh guided the Ghana under-20 team to the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup, making them the first African team to win the competition. As a result, Tetteh won both the CAF Coach of the Year Award and the Sports Writers Association of Ghana Coach of the Year Award.

In order to lead the national team of Rwanda, Tetteh resigned from his twin positions as manager of the Ghana under-20 national team and Ghanaian club team Liberty Professionals in February 2010.

Tetteh left his position as manager of Rwanda on September 6, 2011.

In an interview with Sports Obama TV, he has spoken on candidly about a variety of topics, including how he has been mistreated.

“I have been discussing with Kurt Okraku because since we, the technical team when we won the World Cup they didn’t pay us any money. They didn’t pay us any money. There was a document for it. I went and discuss that with Kurt Okraku. At least they were supposed to give us $4000,” Sellas Tetteh disclosed in an interview with Sports Obama TV.

The veteran Ghanaian coach added, “As for the players their money and all those things, they were not paid anything. They kept it in an account for them. I have spoken to the people in charge and Kurt Okraku but he has been busy because of the World Cup. I will try and meet him and talk to him.”

Watch the interview below:[click on the blue link below]