Why Maxwell Konadu previously declined a move to Leopards
Former Ghana national team assistant coach Maxwell Konadu has revealed why he has finally agreed to join Black Leopards after initially declining their offer.
Konadu was unveiled on a three-year deal with the Motsepe Foundation Championship side.
He has been given a mandate to take the club back to the DStv Premiership at the end of the season. The 51-year-old joins Leopards after a successful season in Ghana where he won the FA Cup and qualified Nsoatreman FC for their first-ever CAF Confederation Cup.
“The first one, the discussions didn’t go well, so there was a communication breakdown. I decided to join a small team in Ghana, and Mr Thidiela also decided to appoint a new coach. So it’s football, and it happens,” he told FARPost.
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“It was not a fight, so he [David Thidiela] came back the second time, and it worked, so that’s football. I was so happy when I had his call for the second time. So we decided to give it a try and see if we can really do our best to get the team where it deserves.”
“You know, in this industry, it happens everywhere. When you have a team that wants your service, at least they come knocking at your door once, and it doesn’t work out. They come the second time then you sit back and think about it. That is why I decided to come because the owner of the team, Mr [David] Thidiela himself with Chief [Thidiela], came knocking at my door for the second time in the past two seasons.”
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“I am also ambitious, and I like new challenges. So I decided to consider the move here to Leopards,” said Konadu.
“I know about the club, especially when they were in the elite league. Now that they are in the first division, they need to fight back, which is not very easy.
“When you have a leader that wants to get the team back to the PSL, I think we need to throw our support behind the team to try and fight. See if we can push the team upwards.”
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