Kumasi (Ashanti Region) -- Dogo Moro, a former Kotoko player and a member of the 1963 and 1965 Black Stars winning squads of the African Cup of Nations in Ghana and Tunisia respectively, has called on the Ghana Football Association (GFA) to take a critical look at the issue of foreign coaches for the Black Stars.

He said the over-reliance on foreign coaches over the years and the mass exodus of Ghanaian players to seek greener pastures overseas had contributed to the decline of Ghana soccer.

Speaking to GNA Sports in Kumasi, the once stalwart central defender noted that given the chance and the necessary motivation, Ghanaian coaches can deliver since records have proved that the best achievements Ghana can boast of in soccer were all achieved by local coaches.

He attributed the inability of Ghana to qualify for the World Cup since its inception to the absence of a formidable local national team and commended coach E.K. Afranie for his initiative to build a formidable Black Stars made up of mostly local players.

Dogo Moro said local coaches understood the Ghanaian game better and would therefore not find it difficult blending the local players with their counterparts playing outside the country. He said, however, that one of the ingredients of selecting good players for the national team was a well organised and competitive league, which could reduce the rate of exodus of players, some of whom he said, only warm the benches of foreign teams.

Dogo Moro advised players to be disciplined on and off the field, pointing out that one of the attributes of a good player was discipline. He commended Ben Kouffie, GFA Chairman for introducing the five-year development plan for soccer and said it was a sure way of developing football from the grassroots to the national level.

Dogo Moro called on all football loving Ghanaians to pray and rally behind Kumasi Asante Kotoko to win the African Cup Winners Cup for the first time for the country. Currently, Dogo Moro is involved in colts football and doubles as coach of Old Tafo Young Africans and the technical adviser of Champions colts team in Kumasi.