Mass Exodus Of
Liberian Players Backfires
Sunday Seah Plying his trade in the Far
East
By Julu M. Johnson, Jr.
Over the past two years, more than twenty Liberian players have been
seeking greener pasture by way of Indonesia in the Far East.
Considering the poor quality of football, if not sports in general, on
the local scene, the mass exodus of players has not been opposed at
all.
However, a football official has frowned on the fact that local clubs
have not been benefiting from the transfer of players to foreign
leagues, especially Indonesia.
The likes of Winston Moses, Takpo Sonkarliey, Sunday Seah, Varney
Boakai and Robert Teah are among the latest departures. There were
already available Joseph Amoah, Francis Wolo, Joe Nagbe, Moses Nyewan,
Winston Daniels, Anthony Ballah, Dominic Wesseh and Roberto Quaten,
among other many others.
The owner of newly promoted first division side Karn United, Samuel
Karn is totally disturbed that local clubs have not received any
transfer fees from the foreign clubs since Liberian players began
leaving for abroad in recent years.
The Karn United boss has called on the Liberia Football Association (LFA)
to address the issue of transfer fees between local clubs and their
foreign counterparts seriously.
"Our clubs will not survive if players continue to leave for Indonesia
without any transfer fees coming to us," Karn lamented.
He threw an open challenge to any local club that has received a
transfer fee from a club in Indonesia on behalf of a Liberian player.
The Karn United sponsor made these comments when he broke the news
about the soon to be departure of his star striker Boakai Foday. The
young striker, having become Most Valuable Player and Top Scorer in
the last County Meet, is expected to join his compatriots in Indonesia
with the aid of Fallah Johnson, the brain behind the exodus of local
players of late.
"I am not against the departure of the Liberian players as they are
eager to expose themselves, but I am worried that my club and the rest
are not benefiting anything in return," added Mr. Karn.
Another Karn United product Zah Krangar is kicking ball in Indonesia,
but Mr. Karn disclosed that his club is yet to receive the player's
transfer fees.
He called on other clubs to rise against "this ugly act" that is
creeping into Liberian football if the game must survive and develop.
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