It is an open secret how poor domestic footballers are catered for financially in Ghana. Some Ghana Premier League players receive as low as GHS400
It is an open secret how poor domestic footballers are catered for financially in Ghana.
Some Ghana Premier League players receive as low as GHS400 at the end of every month. It sometimes takes six months even before some get their salaries,
others don’t get paid at all and the moment the club faces relegation, the players do not get their cash.
Former Asante Kotoko and Accra Great Olympics defender, Christopher Nettey has bemoaned a lack of financial support for players in the Gana Premier League.
The defender said in an interview with AKOMA Sports, “We (players) are really suffering, but that is the situation we have found ourselves in. Therefore, it is up to us to do our best, secure a foreign deal, and move on.”
“This is not a secret, when I was at Kotoko, I recall meeting (players) who said, ”We are here but there is nothing happening, so if you can sort us out.”
“Even before games, they (players) will text you, “Man, when you’re coming, prepare yourself and come give me something. This person is a Premier League player”.
“I do not blame local players for travelling to those areas. Truly, we are suffering,” Nettey concluded.
Ghanaian players’ favourite destinations nowadays in terms of seeking greener pastures are Ethiopia, Iraq, Tanzania, Rwanda and some of the least-ranked countries in football but they pay far higher salaries compared to Ghana.
Truly, footballers in the GPL are suffering because they are poorly paid. The league has lost everything that made it probably one of the best on the continent at the beginning of the new Millennium. The issue of players’ salaries must be reviewed else the league will never rise.
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