Former Black Stars and Asante Kotoko midfielder, Yussif Alhassan Chibsah has given his suggestion on how to aid local players get constant call ups and fit in well in our senior men national team.
This issue has been in discussions for so many years with many a football faithful, questioning why our home-based players are mostly overlooked from the Black Stars.
Some believe they deserve whiles others have the perception that, the low quality of our league makes such players unfit for the call up until they leave for spells in Europe.
In an interview with Citi Sports, Chibsah has admitted foreign players are always poised and better so judging on only form might hinder local players from never getting into the national team.
However, there are players who always get invited but doesn't play so he believes those spots should be handed to performing local players to get closer to the team, learn and with that, they will subsequently gel in very well and get ready for the task. He said;
"For me, if we want to create an opportunity or an avenue for our local players in the domestic league to have places in the national team, unless we have quota.
"We dedicate a quota to the local league, we make sure that out of 20 or something players called up to the Black Stars, there should be a percentage, maybe one percent quota or two percent dedicated to the locally based players.
"We all know that not all players get to play when they come to the national team and if we want to be fair and judge players based on their performance, then we would always go with the foreign based players.
"Because their performance is always ahead, but we have local players here in the country who are upcoming talents who need to be given the opportunity not to play, but be part of the national team, it will serve as a learning process for them.
"You get to mingle with the big boys, it serves as motivation for them, that is where I see the angle of quota system given to the local players.
"Anytime, there’s call up and we have one or two local players, it gives the others the motivation to play better with the mindset of getting call-ups to the national team,” he concluded
