Former Hearts of Oak player, Yusif Lazio has vehemently stated that hawkers on the street are better off than players plying their trade in the country.
Lazio, who rated the Ghana Premier League as the poorest in the world in terms of the financial status of players blamed the Ghana Football Association (GFA) for not playing their roles well.
According to him, it is the responsibility of the nation’s football governing body to get companies on board to sponsor the league but says they have not done enough to attract sponsors for the GPL.
“You would play all the big teams making your name and still be poor that is why most players run to other countries for greener pastures”.
“Premiership players are paid as low as GH¢200 and GH¢300 a month so at the end of the day, players are big on the field and famous but are not big in their pockets. It is even difficult to pay your bills and look after family so hawkers on the streets are better than footballers in this country,” he said.
The former Ashantigold player added that GFA officials are not voted for to share to themselves any money that comes to the FA for development but they are brought to the office to help seek sponsors to make the league attractive but the GFA is not doing well with sponsorships.
“Players are bitter because they are not well-treated by their clubs that is why players got stranded in Ethiopia and some top players who have played for the Black Stars were included. They are playing in Togo, Benin and other places because these countries are paying players well than Ghana”. He told Onua FM.
He also revealed that Ghanaian players playing in the domestic league are not happy with the treatment that the clubs and the GFA are giving them
“When a club owes a player and he tries to ask for it, club officials are so brave to tell him to stop the following the money, consider the platform they have given him and give out his maximum best for international clubs to get to know him” He concluded.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Sylvester Ntim
