Desmond Ofei has commended the Ghana Football Association for what he describes as 'fantastic work' in pushing for elite youth competitions across the country.
The Black Satellites head coach was speaking after guiding Ghana's U20 side to a third-place finish at the 2025 WAFU B U20 Boys Cup, just months after the team failed to qualify for the U20 World Cup following a quarterfinal exit at the Africa U20 Cup of Nations in Côte d'Ivoire. "I think, in general, we need â on club level, especially for the youth side â a lot of elite competitions.
We need an U18 elite tournament, elite leagues in this country. "Because if you look at the Premier League, there's not a lot of young, talented players there, so it's quite difficult for our national youth teams to develop.
Because if you go and find players from Division Three, Division Two, it takes time, you know, to polish these boys. "But the FA is doing fantastically well, working behind the scenes to get their young boys in an elite environment, elite competition, so that the boys can develop quite well."
