Michael Oti Adjei BBC Sport, Accra

Nyantakyie says the GFA will weed out the 'latter-day' football converts

Ghana, it is fair to say, is a nation still basking in the glory of World Cup qualification.

But the football establishment here has been rocked by last week's stories in several British newspapers that former England striker Andy Cole is in talks to take over as the Black Stars coach.

The reports have since been rubbished by Ghana FA (GFA) officials but the damage has already been done - and the writing is on the wall.

As my editor Farayi Mungazi warned in an article written soon after Ghana secured their World Cup place, world football's showpiece event is a magnet for glory hunters.

Everyone seems to possess the expertise to organise friendly games Kwesi Nyantakyie Acting GFA chairman

Since the Black Stars beat the Cape Verde Islands to qualify for their first ever World Cup finals, there has been no shortage of people offering to 'help' the national team in all sorts of ways.

The country's rumour mills also appear to be working much longer hours in the wake of World Cup qualification.

Reports that the GFA were considering hiring renowned South African administrator Danny Jordaan to manage the World Cup campaign drew a chorus of criticism.

Acting GFA chairman Kwesi Nyantakyie was then forced to issue a statement denying that such a deal was under consideration.

An angry Nyantakyie was again compelled to issue a denial and insisted that the GFA had confidence in coach Ratomir Dujkovic.

Nyantankyie told BBC Sport that his office has been inundated with proposals from several people claiming to possess the expertise to fully maximise Ghana's World Cup debut.

He said: "Since we qualified for the World Cup, I have come to realise why they say success has many fathers.

"A different proposal from people who previously didn't care about the Black Stars lands on my desk everyday.

"All of a sudden everyone seems to possess the expertise to organise friendly games, camping in Europe and securing one form of sponsorship or another.

"It seems everyone wants to cash in on our World up qualification."

Indeed, this unprecedented interest in the Black Stars is in stark contract to the situation prior to World Cup qualification.

The national team struggled to attract sponsorship and went through the qualifying campaign with no official kit sponsor.

But Nyantakyie told BBC Sport that the GFA is determined not to be swayed by these "latter-day football converts".

"We know that we'll need other people's assistance and expertise at some point but we'll not be swayed by those whose primary interest is to cash in on the World Cup."

But with elections for a new GFA executive committee due to be held before the end of the year, Ghanaian football could be in for some interesting times.