Appiah was appointed coach of the senior national football team of Ghana, after beating off competition from Willy Sagnol and Hugo Bros to land the job.

The former Asante Kotoko skipper left his running contract with Khartoum FC to take up the Black Stars job and according to the reports he is supposed to pay a compensation to the tune $100,000 to the Sudanese side.

Kwesi Appiah joined Khartoum FC in 2014 and propelled them to a fifth place finish in last season, helping him to be adjudeged the coach of the year in the Sudanese toplight league last season.