BY EZEKIEL DONTINNA
The General Manager of Mighty Jets International FC Jos, Mbum Ferdinand, has disclosed that four (4) of his young stars have been invited to play for Nigeria’s Golden Eagle Team following their performances in the first session.
He disclosed this recently while in an interview with Journalists in his office in Jos, the Plateau State capital as he reeled out his score card for the period he has been in office as the General Manager of the Football Club.
The GM revealed that, the football club was known to be one of the renowned team with rich history among the few in the early days Nigeria’s football to place the country on the world map since its inception in 1970 and has steadily stamped its authority in the circles of modern football around the country.
Ferdinand said, “talent development has been at the core of everything we are doing right now and the results are already manifesting so, we are not perturbed nor shaken at all”.
“Four of our youngsters have currently been invited to the Golden Eaglets team as a result of their performances in what is just their first season. The young footballers have to be trusted.
“Talent may be universal but opportunity is not, we have to believe them enough and hand them the opportunities they need to prove themselves”, he stated.
According to him, “my mandate is for the Club to be self-sufficient and prove that the status quo can change by all means legitimately possible. Several scouts have been sounded from my first day in office.
“And some of scouts have documented a good number of our players and are monitoring their development with data-driven tools which I cannot reveal to you.
“The Club have worked with a roadmap and clear cut instructions about the need to prioritize game time for young prospects and was the reason for our involvement in first team duties with a hybrid of a number of experienced faces to strike a balance in that regard”, Ferdinand.
The General Manager state that, their recent foreign trip to England was solely in the interest of the Club for him to have an opportunity to peach the idea of exporting players to clubs to partner with them at the initial stage.
Some of these clubs he listed were, Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur and Leganese in Spain which two of the Mighty Jets Int’l FC players had traveled to top Spanish clubs and hoped to do more with in Spain as part of his agenda during the International Sports Convention in the United Kingdom.
The GM applauded the Plateau State Governor Caleb Mutfwang for the free hand granted the management to operate without hindrance and promised to have a close collaboration with the club’s Sporting Director and the state to get the very best result.
He, However, debunked the allegations of match-fixing against the club’s management describing it as baseless and unfounded saying, “the club will most likely initiate legal action against known persons who mischievously intend to peddle a narrative they know to be untrue.