Kevin-Prince Boateng has accused the Ghana Football Association of breaking promises it made to persuade him to return to international football.
Kevin-Prince Boateng has hit back at the Ghana Football Association after being sent home early from the World Cup, describing the Black Stars’ organisation during the tournament in Brazil as “amateurish”.

The Schalke midfielder and team-mate Sulley Muntari were expelled from the Ghana squad on the day of their final match against Portugal after Boateng was accused of making “vulgar verbal insults” towards coach James Appiah. Muntari was also accused of an “unprovoked physical attack” on a member of the Ghana FA, with both players asked to leave the camp before the 2-1 defeat to Portugal in Brasília which consigned them to bottom spot in Group G.

Boateng – who only returned to the Black Stars’ set-up last year having retired from international football after the last World Cup – is now back at his home in Germany. In an interview with newspaper Bild published on Sunday, he accuses the GFA of having failed to live up to promises it made to him before the tournament.

“Everything – the hotels, the flights – everything was amateurish,” he said.

“The GFA president visited me in Milan begging me to play for Ghana again. He gave me his word that we would have better travel, better organisation and preparation. He has not kept his word. In the end I was just still dissatisfied.

“It was a nightmare from the first day of the preparation to the end,” Boateng added. “We flew to the first training camp from Amsterdam to Miami. However, we travelled in two groups, since there was no space. One group flew through Atlanta, the other New York. We sat for around nine hours at the airport - a total of 19 hours on the road.

“The flight from Miami to Brazil a week later took 12 hours and we sat and concentrated in economy class. The legs ached. It sounds strange for an average citizen, but for a competitive athlete that is a disgrace. The Ghana FA president sat in business class with his wife and two children. And then in Brazil, we finally had a charter flight but my luggage was lost. Two days without football boots – it was a disaster.”

Appiah was the first homegrown coach to lead Ghana to a World Cup. But asked his opinion on whether he had a clue about tactics, Boateng gave a less than ringing endorsement. “No. But I have respect for him [as a] person,” he said. “I have always behaved positively. But if someone asks me about him, whether he is a good coach, I’d say no.”

Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama spoke with captain Asamoah Gyan on the telephone to resolve a dispute over player bonuses ahead of the Portugal match, with $3m in cash flown to Brazil on a private jet. However, Boateng claimed that was only the tip of the iceberg in terms of issues that dogged the squad.

He said: “That was the smallest problem. Everything had accumulated over a month. It was pure disaster. Poor training conditions and sleep options, I just wonder where all the money was flowing too.

“The association get so much money from sponsors and Fifa - it was certainly not used for hotels, flights, the team and the preparation.”

Boateng also insisted that there was a lack of team spirit among the squad in direct contrast to the last World Cup in South Africa, when Ghana came within a missed penalty of becoming the first African nation to reach the semi-final.

“We were not a real team. Everyone was busy with themselves,” he said.

“There were two or three players who were just glad Sulley Muntari and I were suspended. They said it to my face. We all know that I have never insulted the coach. Nevertheless, they have turned the manager against Sulley and me. I am very calm and relaxed, because I definitely know that I did no such thing.

“I have represented my opinion. There was no player who was happy. We had 100 meetings with the delegation. We told them that we need tens of change things. because of this I am an easy victim.”
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jun/29/kevin-prince-boateng-ghana-world-cup-disaster

I was here

KEVIN I BELIEVE YOU , YOUR COUNTRY MEN ATE BIGOTED AND DUMB,SOB Bleep EM. I LOVE YOU SO

what hapened to France in 2010 happened to them too

my own is ghana must go. ..oh have they gone , , Ghana must waka ...na only dem waka go...Ghana must return and they returned disgracefully.

If that was what happened, then, i support u. In africa, if u say the truth, they take it for insult and u are crucified. Black people, are our leaders cursed not to always keep promise?
Frm amsterdam to miami, they travelled 19hrs, on economic class and in batches. Frm miami to brasil, 12hr on d plane...and in brasil they chatter a plane that took them to their camp. He even lost his bag and was without boots for 2 day; it was a disaster. I pity this youngman. I must commend d GFA president for undergoing what the players had to go through with his family;it shows they was nothing he could do change this situation.
GHANA, are you this broke?

Flying players in Economy class and GFA president flies Business class with irrelevant people... Shame!!! #problemsofaAfrica

caseless: If that was what happened, then, i support u. In africa, if u say the truth, they take it for insult and u are crucified. Black people, are our leaders cursed not to always keep promise?
Frm amsterdam to miami, they travelled 19hrs, on economic class and in batches. Frm miami to brasil, 12hr on d plane...and in brasil they chatter a plane that took them to their camp. He even lost his bag and was without boots for 2 day; it was a disaster. I pity this youngman. I must commend d GFA president for undergoing what the players had to go through with his family;it shows they was nothing he could do change this situation.
GHANA, are you this broke?

it is just corruption eating the system.. courtesy of this present government

Wow! So the Ghanaians are this disorganized? Then Nigerians have the audacity to ask why the rest of the world don't respect us as Africans.

How can you hire a coach who is tactically inept? Didn't they interview the guy before hiring him? Na wa for Africans o.

iam_ord: it is just corruption eating the system.. courtesy of this present government

See how corruption eats into every facet of society. It almost destroys every area of life.

greedy players. why don't you guys focus on the world cup rather than on bonus. at the end of the day, you guys were knock out of the group stage.

Allohrandy: greedy players. why don't you guys focus on the world cup rather than on bonus. at the end of the day, you guys were knock out of the group stage.

u might as well ask them to lap each other on d plane, players shud provide food and good training facilities for themselves and ask them to live in shams... FIFA is giving those in charge huge money, why cant the players have better facilities..

I use to think Nigeria was a fuckd up country. THESE OTHER AFRICAN COUNTRIES ARE SHITHOLES

Allohrandy: greedy players. why don't you guys focus on the world cup rather than on bonus. at the end of the day, you guys were knock out of the group stage.

Greedy? Why don't you listen to his side of the story? Or did you even read the story to begin with?

Mods, abeg, this should be front page.

African leaders are just so dumb! Corruption is killing this continent. Na wa

All said n done, was a really poor preparation on d part of d GFA. really like dis Ghana side, dem dey play gud futubolu. Beta luck next time TeamGhana! Ndo!

tellwisdom:

Dem don play the ball already on Air. They already had a tired legs

i tell you bro, to think of FIFA gave GFA funds to take proper care of these players, africa as a continent should stop their evil ways and greed else things like this will continue to happen. #sad

Corruption, Bad Leaders, the major problems of the Continent Africa!

@op i can tell u for a fact ghanaians are equally corrupt buh we always accuse nigerians of being 419nrs mtcheeeeww
From the very party thus is rulling Ghana now is seriously corrupt all they know is propaganda and lies steeeewpid government..!better ghana my foot and some stewwwpid Ghanaians will support them come what may..!
For those who voted 'idey bee keke.. Nawaa for u oo..!!

davidif:

See how corruption eats into every facet of society. It almost destroys every area of life.

it really pains me for ghana. cos they were already rising but let tribalism set in.. Now this is the dividends.. But ghana will rise again. I just wish africans and blacks as a whole will wake up

Team Ghana is a Mad cow.... Fvck'em all

Kingbritt: @op i can tell u for a fact ghanaians are equally corrupt buh we always accuse nigerians of being 419nrs mtcheeeeww
From the very party thus is rulling Ghana now is seriously corrupt all they know is propaganda and lies steeeewpid government..!better ghana my foot and some stewwwpid Ghanaians will support them come what may..!
For those who voted 'idey bee keke.. Nawaa for u oo..!!

I feel your pain on this view I must say.. Am from jamestown but I spent majority of my life in nigeria and abroad. But there has always been that connection .and I knew ghana has been promising..with very warm people..but over time I began to discover a lot of ugly secrets people were sugar coating..we r very tribalistic people, ungrateful and tend to forget things.. Today is all about the blame game..ndc blaming npp.. When k4 was the president.who did not know ghana? Our cedi became higher than naira and on par with the dollar.. He made the economy boom and rebraised the economy, then it was discovered that ghana was the fastest growing economy in the world.. Hotels began to spring up, investors, foreginers and tourist kept trouping in that the airport is no more enough to handle the infulx. I did not remember ghanaians complaining of light issues he and obj helped to get the debt pardon.. Everything seemed so good.. One blessing after the other.. We qualified for our first world cup. The next year.we discovered oil in commercial quantities. a lot of nigerians relocated to ghana for greener pastures.. Ghanaians started rushing home to help in the nations building .with the leadership we had we were pose d to be the star of africa. The beautiful urban projects like millenium city , gold coast city,airport city began to spring up to pepare ghana to become a world class hub..ghanaians seemed calm and relaxed. BUT!!!! A lot of people shifted their eyes from the good. And kept grudges in their heart . Just because npp looked ashanti.. And they posed to throw them out of hwich they did have their heart desire.. Attah mills came in and use the better half of his tenure to manage his sickness.. Then no one took note that the underdogs were stealing under him and destroying the economy. Majority of k4 projects we stopped including some of nkrumahs. Then mahama came in to put finishing touches..and now its glaring for all eyes to see.. From once a country with considerable stable electricty to this .a whole lot has gone wrong.. I hope ghanaians will learn and do the needful come 2016

[quote author=frankben]Team Ghana is a Mad cow.... Fvck'em all[/quote Bleep u too mofo !

Mad Cow:


Are you really serious right now?!


Explain what you mean by this


And yeah, FHUCK GHANA!

hahaha... No vex abeg.... I no know say na you be Mad cow

Omero: All said n done, was a really poor preparation on d part of d GFA. really like dis Ghana side, dem dey play gud futubolu. Beta luck next time TeamGhana! Ndo!

oppportunity comes once..a second will be difficult to come by.from the way ghan played with usa and germany and entertained the world. This boys were posed for. The semis . It wsnt portugal that killed ghana but the same old canker worm within..“corruption” which has also plauged the whole of africa..we shot ourselfs in the foot with that.. I am tired of people seeking prayers for africa to get better..cos it won't work.. Africans put thir brain aside and hoping for god to come down and help us.. I fear for the rate africa is going. Whites and asians a planning that incase of a disaster they will go to other planets , of which they r already working towards it..while africans r imagining a lush pradise of gold where food will be put in their mouth.. A place they did not work for.. Pathetic

cheguevera: I use to think Nigeria was a fuckd up country. THESE OTHER AFRICAN COUNTRIES ARE SHITHOLES

bro no beef here but wahalai. Naija na d eja nla of corruption in africa.. Innovative scamming na him dem dey do for here.. The money common local gov chairman dey steal dey fear me.. I doubt there is any governor that will not be worth a billion dollar.. Takless of the past leaders

Ur comments is very reasonable..d two of them muntari and boateng are legendary when it comes to insurbodination.all d excuses he made does not add up.if iran can tell their players not to exchange jersey after each game becos of insufficient of jerseys as a result paucity of fund,i dont think such a team can fly their players on first class ticket to Brazil,if greece can reject their bonus and instead urge their FA to use it to fund a football house,i dont think such a team can afford a first class ticket for the team,and u dont hear. such team complaining.it is only in africa that atheletes want to be treated like kings before serving their fatherland.it is only in Africa that atheletes wants to become govt liability till they die .it is not done anywhere in d world...

davidif: Wow! So the Ghanaians are this disorganized? Then Nigerians have the audacity to ask why the rest of the world don't respect us.

How can you hire a coach who is tactically inept? Didn't they interview the guy before hiring him? Na wa for Africans o.

u don't demand respect so u can't ask for it. Its given to you when you give yourself respect and dignity

obeski13: Ur comments is very reasonable..d two of them muntari and boateng are legendary when it comes to insurbodination.all d excuses he made does not add up.if iran can tell their players not to exchange jersey after each game becos of insufficient of jerseys as a result paucity of fund,i dont think such a team can fly their players on first class ticket to Brazil,if greece can reject their bonus and instead urge their FA to use it to fund a football house,i dont think such a team can afford a first class ticket for the team,and u dont hear. such team complaining.it is only in africa that atheletes want to be treated like kings before serving their fatherland.it is only in Africa that atheletes wants to become govt liability till they die .it is not done anywhere in d world...

u r 100 percent right.. Its an african problem ..The fault is from both ends.. They need to reshuffle the gfa..change the coach.and fire kbp and muntari.. There must be order!