Communications Director of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Henry Asante Twum, has revealed that the GFA made every effort to retain Nora Hauptle as head coach of the Black Queens.The Swiss coach, who was appointed in 2023, decided not to renew her contract and has now taken up a three-year role as head coach of Zambia’s Copper Queens.

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Speaking about her unexpected departure, Asante Twum explained that Hauptle turned down an offer that included a 50% increase in her monthly salary. Instead, she insisted on a 100% salary raise as a condition for staying with the team.Despite the GFA’s attempts to keep her, Hauptle opted to move on, leaving the Black Queens without a head coach just months before the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations

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(WAFCON).

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

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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.

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