The Ghana football Association has decided to come to an agreement with the Chinese football Association over the development of football at various stages. Football in Ghana has been in the ascendancy for a number of years now, but the football Association of the African country has recognised the need for help from a much bigger nation like China.
As result, the country have signed an agreement that will see mutual development in both nations. China is one of the fastest growing economies in the world, while the football league in China has also seen the arrival of many high-profile players like Didier Drogba and Nicolas Anelka in the last few months.
The president of the Ghana football Association believes that this mutual agreement with China will be helpful for both nations. Ghana hope to develop the grassroots football and also the stadium infrastructure in the next few years. China is the biggest nation when it comes to women's football. As a result, they will be assisting the African nations in helping improve the quality of women's football in Ghana. In return, Ghana will be helping China in promoting and developing the youth system in the Asian country.
"A team of officials from the Chinese FA led by the vice-president Mr Lin and the GFA had a meeting today and we looked at various areas of cooperation. Apart from engagement between the two senior national teams, we agreed that we should look at some exchange of ideas in areas of women's football and youth football. We agreed that we should help them in youth football and they will help us in women football. The Chinese have a good pedigree in women's football and they have been world champions before and we have comparative advantage in youth football,” said the Ghana football Association President.