Ghana are already in the market for a replacement for sacked Black Stars coach Goran Stevanovic, with ex-Chelsea defender Marcel Desailly the early favourite to take over.Goal is receiving strong signals from sources in the Ghana FA sources that the four-time African champions have approached 1998 World Cup winner to become the boss of the senior national team.

The former France international - who was born in Ghana and operates a state-of-the-art sporting facility in the west African country - is reportedly interested in the job but he will only be on the Black Stars bench if the GFA could guarantee to him a long spell in his contract.Ghana FA officials are tight-lipped over possible names that they are considering, but the hunt for a new coach began last week in a bid to avoid crisis as the 2014 World Cup qualifying games approaches.

Stevanovic was officially given his marching orders on Monday after an unsatisfactory performance with the national team at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. His side finished fourth, contrary to his promise that they would return with the title. We are looking for his replacement and we don't have time, a GFA source revealed.

Desailly was expected to take up the offer when Stevanovic's predecessor Milovan Rajevac resigned, but he opted out of the race due to procedural issues with the FA.Despite having no coachng experience, he has twice turned down an opportunity to coach the national team when it was offered to
him by the FA in the past. Ghana are 80/1 with William Hill to win the 2014 World Cup