The Technical Director of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) Bernhard Lippert has assured that talented teenagers in the country will be given the equal opportunity to showcase what they have to offer.
The tactician gave this assurance during the official launch of the Elite Talent Identification program on Wednesday, October 5, at the GFA Secretariat in Accra.
Through the project, talented players, both male and female are set to be identified to form the basis for drafting into the various national teams in the future.
“Today is a very happy day for me as the Technical Director of the Football Association and the top management of the Association.
“When I came to Ghana, everyone was talking about the Black Stars but if we have challenges in the Black Stars, nobody is interested in what happens to the foundation of football.
“And today is the day where we implement things in a different way, from the bottom to the top. I think this will bring out good fruits in the next 3 to 5 years,” Bernhard Lippert said at the launch of the new project.
The Ghana FA Technical Director added, “We have a big foundation of top players and the elite program will work with two age groups, 11 to 14.
“Age 11-12 years will have a special training program where they train two times a week same for ages 13-14 for over 40 weeks per year.
“We train with the 12 best players in each District and later we identify from the regional selection team to make up our U-15 team.
“The positive thing for me is to have a true scouting process for our youth national teams in the future.”
Today’s launch was attended by GFA President Kurt Okraku and his Vice Mark Addo.