Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan is calling on corporate bodies to support his initiative to unearth talents through the Baby Jet promotions U-16 tournament.
Gyan's promotional outfit announced it will organize an Under-16 tournament for football academies in Africa.
The invitational tournament will feature clubs from Ghana, Ivory Coast, Togo and Nigeria. It will run from 20-26 August at the Accra Academy Astro-Turf.
The 33 year old took to twitter to confirm the tournament and asked corporate bodies to be a part of the worthy course.
The 16 teams include Nigerian sides ATFA FC (Lagos) and Campos Football Academy (Owerri).
Togolese side Pison Divine Royals Int. Foundation Academy and Academy Ro Mario will be joined by Ivorian duo All-Stars FC and Zenox FC.
The local teams will feature Great Somas, Cheetah FC, Bolga Soccer Masters, Star Madrid FC, Cedar Stars Academy and Charity Stars.
from grassroots football ( Juvenile / Colts football ) . I invite corporate Ghana to come support this initiative to start the agenda to help bring back grassroots football to the level it deserves. Come 27th August to 3rd September at te Asamoah Gyan Sports Centre ,Accra Academy
— ASAMOAH GYAN (@ASAMOAH_GYAN3) August 16, 2018