Head coach of Karela United, Amadu Nurudeen, has lamented the lack of autonomy for local coaches in the Ghana Premier League, noting that club owners often interfere with technical decisions.
Nurudeen, who previously managed Samartex, and King Faisal, led Karela to safety in the 2024/25 season after taking over late in the campaign.
He also served as an assistant with Ghana's U-17 national team and currently coaches the U-18 side.
Speaking to Radio Gold, Nurudeen said: "It's been very tough, very challenging but as a man you don't give up in life, you need to keep going until maybe your legs can no longer carry you." Asked about the challenges local coaches face, particularly interference in player selection, Nurudeen did not hold back: "Sometimes when you are very firm as a Ghanaian coach, you are shown the exit door but if it's an expatriate who is very firm they say the expatriate is strict." He added that coaches are often left with little choice: "If a club owner wants a player to play, you as a coach have to let him play because he pays you⦠it is how you manage it as a coach."
