FIFA Licensed agent and former Liberty Professionals Football Club administrative personnel, Pamela Ansah-Asamoah, believes that Liberty Professionals’ decline was largely due to the widespread adoption of their youth-focused system by other clubs. In an exclusive interview with ChannelOne Sports, she reflected on her time working with Liberty Professionals founder Sly Tetteh and emphasized the need for Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Asante Kotoko to employ effective scouts to strengthen their teams.

Liberty Professionals, once a consistent top-four team in the Ghana Premier League, known for producing talents like Michael Essien, Sulley Muntari, William Tierro, and Michael Helegbe, were relegated three seasons ago and have since transitioned into a full-fledged football academy. Ansah-Asamoah pointed out that other clubs imitating Liberty’s strategy of promoting young players instead of veterans contributed significantly to their decline.

“Liberty has always had the vision for the young generation, and at that time, Liberty was virtually the only team running that vision,” Ansah-Asamoah explained. “Eventually, most teams took up that plan. I think they became like everybody else. Before, they were standing out because they were promoting young players, and once other teams adopted this approach, Liberty lost its uniqueness.”

She further noted that introducing more mature players brought additional challenges. “When they started introducing the matured ones, dealing with them became difficult, and that’s where the issues started,” she said.