Desmond Ofei urges Ghana Premier League clubs to trust youth talent

Black Satellites coach Desmond Ofei has called on Ghana Premier League (GPL) coaches to trust the youth.

Ofei who recently won gold with Ghana’s U20 men’s team at the African Games is determined to ensure that GPL clubs provide first-team opportunities to young players as early as possible.

Desmond Offei had a GPL-dominated squad for his recent success and as the Director of Coaching Education for the Ghana Football Association, wants the mission to help develop the next generation of talent to become a tradition.

“I hope that the club owners and the coaches also have more faith in the youth because the youth is the future,” he said to the assembled coaches. “But I respect the league, I love the league, I love watching the Ghana Premier League,” Desmond Ofei told 3Sports

With grizzled veteran coaches, Bashiru Hayford, Karim Zito and Kassim Mingle known with expertise for youth development in charge of clubs in the topflight, Ofei is hopeful of the promise the future holds.

“I understand the pressure to win. But there’s a lot of room for improvement which is fantastic, so a huge potential and we are also working in the background really hard to help the clubs achieve or get into Africa,” he added.
Look at what Dreams is doing, a fantastic and incredible job so we want all of our teams in Africa. In the champions league and the Confederations cup. We will get there.”

Desmond is of the opinion that changing mentalities will never be easy. He is however confident that success with the youth would be evident for all to see on the continental stage if implemented.