Former Ghana International, Laryea Kingston, has urged young footballers in the country to take advantage of the newly constructed football pitches across the country to develop their talents.

The former Black Stars player who was present at the launch of the UPSA Astro-Turf on Friday bemoaned the difficulties he and other players had to go through accessing quality football pitches to nurture their football skills as young players.

He said, “It’s a good thing for everyone in Ghana, we didn’t get this during our days, and we found it difficult controlling balls with our feet. But with the construction of pitches in the country, it's developing players and has made things much easier and it will help them to develop very fast.”

Laryea Kingston also hailed the government’s efforts in constructing sports infrastructures across the country.

“The management of astroturf is better than natural grass, it only needs a little water. It also makes the ball run fast which is good for players so I will urge authorities to go ahead and construct more of these football pitches, the former Hearts of Oak player concluded.