Gambian Football has reached a level whereby many young talented players are emerging and surfacing in the limelight.

This is a result of the recent developments in its national teams especially in the youth categories.

The Gambia U-17 and U-20 categories are well known not only in the sub-region but to the outside world as well.

This has contributed to the rising demands of Young Gambia players by foreign player agents who now regard the Gambia as a good avenue for scouting talented players.

The outstanding performances in the African U-17 Championship in 2005 and in the recent African Youth Championship held in Congo have attracted thousands of foreign agents. 

But despite all the good displays at continental and international scene, The Gambia is yet to boast of the signing of those outstanding players’ abroad despite lot of interest shown by foreign agents.

 What could be the problem associated with this?

Is it because our players do not appreciated those foreign agents or preferred  to be associated to so-call player agents, who would not only bring frustration to them but a waste  of time and careers in general.

Since the successful Cadet championship in Banjul in 2005, a greater number of players from the then U-17 and most recently  the U-20 players were sent for trial in Norway, UK , France and in some North African countries.

Players like Nyassi brothers, Tijan Jaiteh, Joseph Gomez, Abdoulie Ken Mansally  and Ebrima Sohna from the U-20 team and Amadou Gai from the senior team were sent on trial in Norway but none of them succeeded of putting pen on paper except Tijan Jaiteh, who made it after two years with Brann FC and of recent Ebrima Sohna.

The continuous failure of the players to secure contract can not be attributed to poor performance during the trials but could be clearly linked to improper arrangements by so call players’ agents.

How many of those players were successful in getting a club over there? Don’t you think there might be a problem in the way those trials are being arranged?

Since there is little achievement made towards that level, why don’t we encourage other foreign agents or Gambian FIFA Player Agents  who are well experience in the field to also handle these transactions in order to yield better results.

To be Professional players, time should be regarded as a worst enemy. The onus lies on Gambian players to make clever decisions and move fast in order to reach a higher level in their career.