I worked in a toxic environment - CK Akonnor shares experience on managing Black Stars

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Former Black Stars head coach, Charles Kwabla Akunnor has revealed he was not supported while he was in charge of the team, saying, he worked in an unpleasant atmosphere.

The former Dreams FC and Asante Kotoko gaffer was appointed in January 2020 following the dismissal of Kwesi Appiah.

Akonnor qualified Ghana for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations [AFCON] hosted in Cameroon but got dismissed in late September 2021 after a run of results in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

According to him, all he needed while the team was struggling was encouragement but nobody tapped his shoulder to tell him to keep his head up.

"I just needed encouragement. No, I didn't get it. Even the atmosphere in which I worked was a very tough one, a difficult one," he told Joy News.

He added that, at some moment, he had no one to talk to because he could not trust anybody around him.

"It got to a time, I didn't know who to trust or who to speak to."

The former Asante Kotoko and Hearts of Oak coach also said he was disappointed when his dream of coaching the Black Stars at the AFCON was crushed due to his sacking.

"Yeah, I was. It was a dream. It was a dream and one way or the other something shut it down."

CK Akunnor was in charge of the Black Stars for a period of 18 months. He managed 10 games, winning 4, losing 4, and drawing 2.
 
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