The director of communication at the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Ibrahim Saani Daara has revealed that Avram Grant has not been given a target to win the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations to be hosted in Equatorial Guinea.

Media reports suggested that winning the 2015 Nations Cup trophy is the first clause inserted in Mr Grant’s contract by the GFA.

The Israeli Coach is close to finalising a two-year deal with the GFA to replace Akwasi Appiah, who was fired in September after a two-year stint with the team.

The government of Ghana has already approved the deal for the former Chelsea boss, who is expected to sign the contract by Wednesday before a ceremony to officially introduce him in Accra next month.

Speaking on the MORNING STARR with host Kafui Dey on STARR 103.5FM Tuesday, Saani Daara said setting a target for Grant to win the 2015 AFCON is completely unrealistic.

He added that Grant would be given the opportunity to build the Black Stars team gradually.

“We have targets but it would be farfetched to say that go and win the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations. Let’s all agree that after the World Cup, lots of things went wrong and we are in a sort of rebuilding process…so to immediately tell him that: ‘Come, hit the ground running and win the Africa Cup of Nations would be too much.”

“There are benchmarks: for every coach that we appoint, there are targets and the targets are remuneration-based. ‘If you reach this stage, you get this; if you reach that stage, you get that,’ so all of these things would be embedded in his contract.

“So in essence we are giving him a target, but practically speaking, to expect him to go and win the Africa Cup of Nations immediately he takes over [is not possible],” Saani Daara said.

Saani Daara added that Grant’s intelligence about the job and his ability to work under very strenuous conditions placed him ahead of the other contenders for the Stars job.

He also dismissed rumours that Grant would be paid US$600,000 a year, describing them as mere “media speculations”.

“These are just media speculations and I would not dwell too much on them until the official announcement”.

He added that unlike previous foreign coaches who spent most of their time outside the West African country, Grant would spend 70 percent of his time in Ghana and use the remaining 30 percent to monitor Ghanaian players outside the country.