The President of the Ghana Football Association Kwesi Nyantakyi has attributed the lack of interest in the Ghana Premier League to the inundation of foreign league matches being shown across the country.
ââ¬ÅWe have foreign football which is very common on our TVs these days competing with our domestic footballâ⬦and in those days we didnââ¬â¢t have European footballâ⬦you can even watch Russian football, Azerbaijan football, Cyprus footballâ⬦not to talk about the English leagueâ⬦and these have attracted the best players in the world.
ââ¬ÅWe cannot compete with European football because they have developed in many aspects. Their economies are better than our economies, in terms of infrastructureâ⬦we cannot,â⬠Nyantakyi told Starrfm
The GFA boss who is in his third term added that a lot of investments is needed to make the local league successful and attractive.
He said stakeholders must make it a priority and invest in infrastructure to raise interest in the local league.
ââ¬ÅIt is the responsibility of the government to build these facilities, just as government provides roads, good drinking water, hospitals, it must also provide attention to [building sports facilities]â⬦if there is a policy that every 10 years government would build a stadium I think that it would helpââ¬.
Source: Starrfm