Confederation of African Football President, Patrice Motsepe is hopeful Ghana can annex the World cup in the near future.

The Mamelodi Sundowns owner, who is currently in Ghana on a two-day working visit said the Black stars have the talent and ability to rule the world

“Ghana has produced some of the best footballers in the world,” Motsepe said at a press conference in Accra on Thursday.

“This country has the talent and resources to produce a national team that can win the Afcon, but also win a World Cup.

“African football is one of the best in the world. We are confident African nations will do very well at the World Cup in Qatar [next year].

“We must stop being excessively pessimistic and negative (about the World Cup), there is no continent that has succeeded by dwelling on its failures. An African team must win the World Cup in the near future.”

The Senior National Team has three appearances at the senior World Cup level in 2006, 2010 and 2014.

The Black Stars best performance was a quarter-final finish at the 2010 edition in South Africa.

Ghana made their World Cup debut at Germany 2006, making it out of a group containing eventual champions Italy, the Czech Republic, and the USA to the Round of 16 where they bowed to defending champions Brazil.

In 2010, the Black Stars went one step further, reaching the quarter-finals where they lost to Uruguay on penalties. At a point in that fateful game, Ghana were a penalty kick away from making history to reach the last four of the competition but Asamoah Gyan wasted the last-gasp opportunity.

Ghana made it to the global showpiece again in 2014 in Brazil but this time around suffered a first-round exit from a group that included Portugal, Germany and the USA.

“Very soon Ghana will be dominant on the African continent. Ghana must always be at the apex of the sport,” Ghana Football Association president Kurt Okraku said at Thursday’s press conference.

In 2018, Ghana missed out on qualification for the World Cup, losing the ticket to Egypt.

The 59 years old was elected unopposed to replace outgoing Ahmad Ahmad, whose three-year reign promised much but was ultimately mottled by accusations of nepotism, corruption and embezzlement.

Ahmad Ahmad was suspended in November after being found guilty of breaching four separate articles of Fifa’s ethics code and banned from all football-related activity for five years.