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Why Nora Hauptle left her role as Black Queens head coach – GFA explains

Communications Director of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Henry Asante Twum has hinted that the FA did their best to keep Nora Hauptle as Black Queens coach.

The Swiss trainer who was appointed as head coach for the women’s senior national team in 2023 has left her role after failing to extend her contract.

Following her exit, Hauptle has been appointed as the head coach of Zambia’s Copper Queens on a three-year deal.

Reacting to the sudden departure of Black Queens’ head coach, Asante Twum revealed Nora Hauptle rejected a contract extension offer with an increment of 50 per cent of monthly salary.

According to him, Hauptle was demanding a 100 per cent salary increment before extending her stay.

“The Ghana Football Association (GFA) met Nora Hauptle to discuss a possible extension of her contract and with the offer we presented to her, she was demanding a 100 per cent increment but we offered her 50 per cent since it was the FA who has been paying her since her appointment,” Asante Twum told Asempa FM.

“We tried our best to extend her contract but she was unwilling to accept what we presented. And being a professional coach, she had the right to walk away since her contract had ended,” he added.

Under the guidance of Nora Hauptle, the Black Queens have qualified for the 2025 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) which is scheduled to be hosted in Morocco later this year.

 

Source: ghanasoccernet.com

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