Stop tagging experienced players as old – Ashantigold new signing Kennedy Ashia tells sports journalists

Ashantigold new signing Kennedy Ashia has called on Ghanaians particularly sports journalists to stop tagging experienced footballers as ‘lame duck’

Some Ghanaian football advocates and journalists describe players who are in their late 20’s as old and waste, and that cannot add value to the game anymore.

But in an interview with Starr FM, the former Liberty Professionals midfielder argued that the so-called aged players turn to perform well compared to the young ones since age is just a number.

” It’s very sad when sports journalists always tag experienced players as done and dusted”

“Football is such that the more play the more experienced you get and so they should stop saying aged players should give way for the younger ones because any team in the world will need a blend of experience and youngsters to gel “Ashia told Starr sports

“Most often the so-called aged players tend to perform very well compared to the young ones because age they say is just a number and I believe it that “he concluded.