When Avram Grant was unveiled as coach of Ghana in December 2014, he was tasked to do two things by the Ghana Football Association: To "do well" at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Equatorial Guinea and then to "win" the 2017 edition in Gabon.

The coach, then 59, had signed a 27-month-deal to become the 35th man to coach the Ghana national team since 1958.

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It's been twenty-six months down the line, and the Israeli's contract is almost up - it expires at the end of this month (February 2017).

It's assessment and decision time for the Ghana Football Association.

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Should they extend the mandate of the 62-year-old so he can continue with Ghana's 2018 World Cup campaign (which he has already started with two games?)

Or they should part ways with him amicably?

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According to sources at the FA, Grant's contract will not be renewed, meaning he will leave his post at the end of February, with a successor to be named soon afterwards.

Well, let's have a look at he numbers of the coach, whose reported $50,000 a month salary means he would have amassed $1,350,000 from Ghana (minus bonuses and incentives) from Ghana by the time his time is finally up.

Avram Grant's Report Card at the end of his 27-month mandate

PERFORMANCE REVIEW

Known KPI 1: "Do well" at AFCON 2015

Outcome: Runner-Up

Analysis: While "do well" was ambiguous, a silver medal achieved only by losing the trophy on the lottery of penalties was, to be fair, an overachievement. There is a counter-argument that says that a final was nothing new for a country that had played in eight finals previously, losing four of them (1968, 1970, 1992, and 2010), but this assessment had to be done in the context of the time Grant took over and the expectation that it would be unrealistic to set a 'win' target for him.

Pulse Sports' Assessment: Passed with distinction

Known KPI 2: "Win AFCON 2017"

Outcome: Fourth Place

Analysis: Avram Grant failed to win the tournament by losing 2-0 to Cameroon in a semi-final, in a game where the team's lack of coherence and assertion all tournament long was finally exposed by a spirited Cameroonian team possessed by commitment and boundless energy.

Ghana's record at the AFCON read:

Played: 6

Won: 3 (all by a one goal margins: 1-0 v Uganda, 1-0 v Mali, 2-1 v DR Congo);

Lost: 3 (0-1 v Egypt and 0-2 v Cameroon and 0-1 v Burkina Faso).

The Stars scored a meagre four (4) goals in six games - half of them penalties and the other two scored by only strikers - as they struggled to make a mark.

Pulse Sports' Assessment: Failed.

*KPI = Key Performance Indicator

Notable Players brought through

1. Daniel Amartey:

Called up by Grant for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations and has since played 19 times for Ghana, becoming a first choice center back and occasional defensive midfielder. The Leicester City dynamo played every game at AFCON 2017, and was arguably one of the best defenders of the tournament.

2. Thomas Partey:

Called up by Grant in June 2015 and has since made 10 appearances, becoming a first choice central midfielder. He has played all games at AFCON 2017, and was widely hailed as the team's second best performer after Christian Atsu.

3. Samuel Tetteh: Called up for the first time by Grant into the Ghana team in November 2015 - made his debut the next year and has since scored a goal in 9 games so far. The 20-year-old, who plays for Austrian giants Red Bull Salzburg (spent time on loan at FC Liefering) is one of the most exciting attacking prospects within the Black Stars set-up.

3. Bernard Mensah

Although he was not a part of Ghana's squad for AFCON 2017, Bernard Mensah was one of Grant's national 'discoveries'. He made his debut in June 2015 against Togo and scored in the same game. At 22, the Atletico Madrid striker is considered a bright prospect for the future.

*Other players to earn call-ups in the Grant era include: Lloyd Sam, Phil Ofosu Ayeh, Kwadwo Poku, Patrick Twumasi, Enoch Adu Kofi, Gilbert Koomson, Alhassan Wakaso, Andy Boakye Yiadom, Ebenezer Assifual, Ebenezer Ofori and Bernard Tekpetey.

Notable existing player improvements:

Jordan Ayew:

The 25-year-old has risen to prominence as Ghana's top scorer since Grant took over, scoring 7 of the 38 goals scored under the coach's tenure. In 2015, Grant's first year, Jordan scored six goals in nine games - his best year internationally. Although still visibly a work-in-progress, Grant's influence on the younger Ayew brother's international form has been praised as a great step towards weaning the Stars off the serial dependence on Asamoah Gyan.

Razak Brimah

The 29-year-old, who has recently been underfire for an unsavoury rant made in a stinging audio to defend himself against fan criticism, has risen from the fringes to become Ghana's first choice goalie under Grant. He played every game at AFCON 2015 as the Black Stars grabbed silver, conceding three goals in six games. At AFCON 2017, he played five games, conceding four goals.

Number of local players developed:

1  -- Grant, who barely stayed in Ghana to monitor the local league despite having a fully paid for accommodation and transport on the ground, proved throughout his tenure that he was not impressed by the talent on show in Ghana's Premier League, as just a single player from the local top flight (Samuel Tetteh, West Africa Football Academy) broke into his team.

In his 2017 AFCON squad, he only selected Richard Ofori (goalie of GPL champions Wa All Stars), controversially dropping the league's Most Valuable Player Latif Blessing, apparently because, as GFA President Kwesi Nyantakyi later explained, “the national team is not a district assembly, neither is it a Parliament where people are chosen on the basis of electoral areas or constituencies." Interestingly, through all of Ghana's four AFCON triumphs of 1963, 1965, 1978 and 1982, there were only two foreign based players, with all other players being recruited from the Ghanaian top flight, which was then an amateur league.