Kwesi Appiah in talks with Sudan FA

Reports from Sudan indicates that former Black Stars coach, Kwesi Appiah is in talks with the Sudanese FA to take over as the head coach of the senior national team.

This comes days after he was released as the head coach of the senior national football team following dissolutions of all national footaball teams.

According to local media reports, Appiah will be given two years contract with the primary aim of qualifying the Sudanese national team to next year’s African Cup of Nations in Cameroon.

Appiah is very familiar with the Sudanese territory having coached local club Al Merrikh.

Sudan is presently joint second with South Africa with three points in a group that the Black Stars lead with maximum six points in Group C. The first and runner up qualifies for next year’s tournament.

The last time Sudan qualified for the CAN Tournament was in 2012 where it reached the quarter finals.

When given the nod, Kwesi Appiah will come face to face with the Black Stars in which he coached to win the first two matches of the ongoing qualifiers.  The Black Stars defeated South Africa and Sao Tome to lead the standings in Group C.

Sudan will clash with Ghana in Accra in the third round of matches in March.