The Gambia government, through the department of state for Youth and Sports, is set to renew the contract of the Gambia Scorpions’ head coach Paul Put, Observer Sports can reveal.

A two-line statement issued by the Youth and Sports department yesterday said the contract signing ceremony will take place at the President Jammeh’s Joint Officers Mess at Kotu at 10:00 am tomorrow. The release did not state the duration of the contract, but reports on the local media have it that the Belgian will sign a four-year deal after the expiry of his one-year Africell-backed contract.

Paul Put’s contract extension will come barely a week before he leads the Gambia Scorpions to an international friendly match against Gabon Black Panthers in Paris on February 10. The Belgian said the Paris friendly is among a series of warm-up matches lined up for the Scorpions in his efforts to further expose the Gambian players.