Asamoah Gyan, the player to have recorded five World Cup goals for the Black Stars of Ghana, has officially unveiled the third edition of the Baby Jet U-16 Tournament.
The striker’s ambition to discover talent in Ghana and across Africa, which began in 2018, was put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but it has since been hinted that it will resume.
In the previous competitions, sixteen U-16 teams pitted their wits against each other with the aim of claiming the ultimate trophy.
The last champion of the competition was Great Somax, who defeated Cedar Star Academy by a score of 2-1 in the final and have since been out of the Ghanaian football arena.
The directives of the previous competition were that juvenile clubs play to qualify at regional levels for qualification to the final round in Accra. The most memorable match in the Ashanti Region was between Suame-based Anokye Stars and Ebony FC.
Berekum Chelsea benefited because, at the conclusion of the previous competition, the results of the last competition were highly observed. On the final day of the transfer deadline in 2020, Chelsea signed Mohammed Gouni, a 17-year-old who was a topic of discussion during the 2019 Baby Jet U-16 Tournament when he emerged as the tournament’s top goal scorer.
The last edition of the Baby Jet U-16 competition in 2019 saw 32 teams from the West African sub-region compete.
The teams came from Benin, Nigeria, and Côte d’Ivoire. The 2019 edition of the Baby Jet U-16 tournament will be sponsored by Ash Foam and named after Ghana’s all-time leading scorer, Asamoah Gyan.
The enticing and fantastic team of editors at www.atspo.com discovered a post on Asamoah Gyan’s Twitter handle, @ASAMOAH GYAN3, revealing the much-anticipated youth competition in Ghana.
The former Legon Cities striker tweeted, “It’s time for the next generational talents to discovered. The BabyJet U.16 African Championship is back. Get ready! #BJU16Tourney #NextStarBJU16.”
