The Gambia has recruited a total of 32 Under-15 players from academies and regions across the country to participate in the international youth football tournament in Oslo, Norway.
The tournament which is slated for 30th July to 6th August is termed as one of the biggest football tournaments in the world
The Gambia’s participation is being coordinated by Goodwill Sports Ambassador and former Gambian international Tijan Jaiteh who is also the country’s representative of the Norway Cup.
Ebrima Manneh, former GFF technical director, was directing the technical recruitment process and was assisted by former Gambian international Aziz Corr Nyang as head coach and Musa Njie also a former national technical director and player.
Speaking during an interview with Lamin Cham of The Standard Newspaper, Ebrima Manneh, director of the technical recruitment process said that the final list going to Norway shall be 18 or 20 players despite recruiting at least 30 players.
“The remaining players who wouldn’t make it to Norway can be selected in the coming years until they are 18 years old.”
According to Ebrima Manneh, the plan of the Sports Ambassador Tijan Jaiteh is to explore other avenues for the reminder of the players not able to go to the Norway Cup this year.
Manneh who is the current director of sports at Qcity further said that the selection process took the regions where they were assisted by regional football officials in consultation with the Gambia Football Federation, GFF.
“We would like to thank the GFF for their support and the Gambia government for their solidarity and empowerment of the Goodwill Sports Ambassador Tijan Jaiteh.”
