Wa All Stars Football Club will soon get a permanent modern club village which will have facilities ranging from training pitches to a club house.
The Owner of the Club, Mr. Kwesi Nyantakyi who made this known during an interaction with the Graphic Sports in Wa said the team was on the verge of acquiring a-20 acre plot of land at a strategic location in the Wa municipality for the commencement of the project.
He, therefore, called on the people of the Upper West region to see the club as their own and contribute immensely in which ever way to sustain it and also make the project a reality.
He said the existence of the club in the elite division would open doors for a lot of the youth in the area by way of unearthing more talents and also offer them job opportunities .
“It is therefore, the duty of chiefs, politicians and all who matter from this region to support Wa All Stars as it is an embodiment of the whole region”, he pointed out, saying the club would also market the region.
Asked how the club which is cash-strapped was going to carry out such a complex project, Mr. Nyantakyi, who is also the president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), explained that much of the proceeds from the transfer of Bright Addae, a player of All Stars and the victorious Black Satellite team to an Italian club, Parma FC, which had committed itself to the option to acquire the services of the player would be invested into the project.
On the performance of the club so far in the ongoing premier league, Mr. Nyantakyi admitted that before the commencement of the league the team had problems with goal scoring which according to him might be the cause of the abysmal performance of the team in the early stages of the league.
Currently, he said, the team was well motivated as salaries and bonuses of players had been reviewed, while the present club house has also been put in good shape.
“We have also beefed up the technical team by bringing in good old Maxwell Konadu to support the present coach. We are considering the acquisition of more strikers when the transfer window opens to improve on our goal scoring” he added.
Responding to a question as to how he was handling the funding of the club considering the low level of spectatorship in the region, the F A president was quick to say that it had not been easy and appealed to interested bodies, individuals and institutions to come on board and assist.
He also appealed to the Minister of Sports who happenes to be the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wa Central constituency, Mr. Rashid Pelpuo, to help upgrade the Wa stadium which he said, had not seen much facelift since it was built by the late Gen Kutu Acheampong.
Mr. Nyantakyi also used the opportunity to express his profound appreciation to organizations for their support so far to the club in diverse ways.
He further promised to support juvenile football in the region saying he would donate five footballs each and a set of jerseys to all 17 clubs in the region.
He also indicated that as a way of reviving football competitions at the secondary school level to serve as a breeding ground to identify the potential talents in the region, he would present a trophy to be competed for by the schools. — END
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