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Former Black Stars player, Anthony Baffoe, has called on football agents and managers to first consider the development of young players rather than prioritising money.
Ernest grew up in Darkuman, a suburb of Accra. For anyone who is not familiar with the area, Darkuman has been a good foundation for some of Ghana’s football stars.
“If I recall, I had offers from Porto, AC Milan as well as Anderlecht. I was ready to play in Europe but I didn’t have any preference for a particular team back then," Ayiah said, as reported by Sportsworldghana. “It wasn’t my choice [to sign for Monaco], but I liked it. While on holiday in Portugal after the World Cup, my representatives and I met [renowned player representative] Jorge Mendes because Charity Stars had links with him. "Mendes decided to sign me after watching some of my videos from the tournament. He praised my talent and decided to help me.
Former Ghana U17 captain Eric Ayiah opens up on his development at French side Monaco.
Pierre Lees-Melou replaced his young team-mate at half-time and proceeded to play a vital role as Nice laboured to overcome Pascal Plancque’s side after the scores stood at 1-1 in the 74th minute. Ahead of Monday’s Coupe de France Round of 32 showdown with AS Monaco, manager Ursea gave an update on the former Paradou AC man. "It looks a lot like his injury at the start of the season but it's the other knee," the 53-year-old was quoted by the "He has a good chance of starting over on the same treatment so that he can be given time to completely rebuild himself.