Israeli Clubs To Invade Ghana For Players

Mr Amatzia Levkovictz, the Israeli technical advisor of Kpando based Volta Warriors Football Club, a national first division team said many Israeli teams have indicated their desire to visit Ghana to recruit players.

Speaking to the GNA Sports on Tuesday, Mr Levkovictz said the decision of the clubs to hire players from Ghana is the result of the superlative form Ishmael Addo (picrured) and John Paintsil are showing in the Israeli league.

The technical director who coached Sierra Leone in 1986 and had gone to the 1970 World Cup as assistant coach to the Israeli national team said the form of the players has compelled many soccer fans to make enquiries about Ghana.

Describing Ghana as "a mine of soccer talents," the veteran coach said it is ironical that Ghana has never played at the senior World Cup despite the overflow of talents and advised soccer administrators to work on the psychology and mentality of the players to achieve the desired results.

He said despite his wide travels in Europe, he had never seen anywhere in the world where young boys can do the unthinkable with the ball but fail to blossom into super stars.

Mr Levkovictz said he was in Ghana to contribute his quota to the development of Volta Warriors and promised to work in concert with Mr Johnny Orlando, the technical director to ensure the team plays in the premiership in the near future.

Meanwhile, Volta Warriors continue their justifiers at the Accra Race Course with morning drills from 6:30 to 9:30 a.m. from Monday to Friday.

Elaborating on the exercise, Mr Orlando said they hope to get the full complement of the players they need by the end of the schedule and start preparing for the national first division league.

He said many friendly matches would be arranged to test the players' mentality under match conditions before signing them on to enable the club to achieve its objectives.