Maxwell Konadu, who is currently the assistant coach of the Black Stars has been tipped to be named as part of Kwesi Appiah's backroom staff, alongside, Ibrahim Tanko, Richard Kingson and Stephen Appiah.

Osei Kofi, however, believes Maxwell Konadu who was considered by Appiah for the assistant Black Stars coaching job in his first term was eyeing the head coaching job when his boss was sacked after Ghana's poor campaign in Brazil, so there is no need of being considered this time around.

''The Ghana FA should give coach James Kwesi Appiah the needed freehand to work on his own,'' the 74-year-old one-time Stoke City FC target told Kumasi-based Light FM

''When he was first appointed as the head coach, he decided to choose Maxwell Konadu as his assistant just because of the cordial relationship that existed between them way back at club level as active footballers,''

''Honestly speaking, when he engaged Maxwell Konadu as his assistant, I emphatically told him that he has committed a big mistake in his coaching career for the first time as I made him aware that; considering the circumstances we are living in as Ghanaians, we need not to take hasty decisions just like that,'' he reckons.

He continued, ''Surprisingly, when we returned from the World Cup in Brazil, I called Konadu that now that Kwesi Appiah is no more with the team, would he fancy to take up the coaching role? he quickly went over the moon as he was very excited knowing very well that the chance has prevail itself for him,''

''Please my advice to him [Maxwell Konadu] is to please accept and stay away from the national team as he ought to do the honourable thing by leaving the job for Kwesi Appiah to do his work diligently.''

Osei Kofi won two Africa Cup of Nations medals with Ghana in 1963 and 1965 and also played won the Ghanaian topflight league with both Hearts and Kotoko