Sacked Harambee Stars head coach Jacob ‘Ghost’ Mulee had fallen out with nearly all the players in camp besides infuriating Football Kenya Federation (FKF) with his antics and general conduct in national team set up.Just as shockingly as FKF hired Ghost to take charge of the national team while maintaining his clownish job in a morning radio show, the federation caught many by surprise in getting rid of the celebrated tactician in a dark night communique to the media.Respected for being the first local coach to qualify Kenya to the Africa Cup of Nations his return to the national team after a decade’s hiatus from a top coaching role sharply divided opinion.FKF and Ghost Mulee part ways.If you ask Me hiring him was a very bad decision. The team has taken several steps behind.This a national issue na statement inasema there will be no further comment from FKF.Seriously 🤔🤔 pic.twitter.com/kYpPdcXJGp— Moses Wakhisi (@moseswakhisi) September 15, 2021 It did not take long for the rustiness of Ghost to come to the fore. Firstly, a video emerged online of national team players in camp singing birthday songs to the coach’s radio co-host.It looked awkward but not a great many have the temerity to question Ghost, majorly due to the accolades he amassed both at club and national level. Clearly he was way out of his depth though. Harambee Stars Fires Ghost MuleeLuhya and Patanisho crew : pic.twitter.com/LbyVPWmijy— D̝e̝s̝e̝r̝t̝ R̝a̝t̝ 🐀 (@roblinkm) September 15, 2021 His showbiz approach and sometimes casual way to things did not go down well with players and FKF officials. A number of players quickly got fed up with the head coach’s scolding when they could point out several flaws in Ghost’s conduct.The king was naked.His style of play was not pleasing to the eye, a sharp variance from the swashbuckling show of the Francis Kimanzi era.The weird substitution of Lawrence Juma before half hour mark was a culmination of sour relations that had started days before Kenya played against Uganda in Nairobi.2022 FIFA World Cup Qualification (CAF) ResultsGabon vs Egypt 1-1Rwanda vs Kenya 1-1Togo vs Namibia 0-1#WCQ2022— Hallo Random (TV,Movies and Sports ) (@sportsmovies20) September 6, 2021 A player who was in the team disclosed that the coach had dressed down a section of the team with Juma bearing most of the brunt in the lead up to twin 2022 World Cup qualifiers.As a result, Juma alongside other who has brilliantly played for the national team and their clubs in the concluded season were not in their usual elements leading to the deeply disappointing outcomes.A source within FKF disclosed to Mozzart that the coach had totally lost the players respect over behaviors he could not mention.“It was going to get worse for the national team if Ghost was allowed to continue. Thus the change which shocked everyone else but FKF insiders,” offered the sourceThe unceremonious ouster of former skipper Victor Wanyama from the national team also left many perplexed if not bewildered as the former Tottenham Hotspur midfielder racks up impressive statistics in the Major League Soccer.Statistics by HITC in England state that Kenya Captain Victor Wanyama performs better than Paul Pogba in midfield pic.twitter.com/FCUwDi4Soi— Ministry Of Sports, Culture & Heritage (@moscakenya) October 7, 2016 “His fate was decided about four days prior to the communique sent to the media. What I don’t understand is why they had to make the announcement at night,” the FKF insider posedThe federation started sounding out Ghost’s possible replacements days before he was ousted with an announcement likely in the coming days.
