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Founder of the Right to Dream football academy, Tom Vernon, has hailed the talent of Ghanaian children as the country\u2019s biggest asset.<\/p>\n
The Englishman, who has been operating the famous academy in Ghana for over 20 years, believes this is not just limited to football but across all fields.<\/p>\n
Vernon made this disclosure in an all-access interview with Joy Sports at the academy\u2019s campus in Akosombo, Old Akrade while talking about the criteria for admitting kids.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s really tough. The first thing I\u2019ll say is that the kids who don\u2019t get in, let\u2019s say we take the top 20. The kids from number 21 down to, let\u2019s say, number 100 would get into any academy in Europe, any academy in Europe.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can take the guy number 100; we don\u2019t have space for him here. If he lives in Madrid, he\u2019ll be in the Real Madrid Academy, that\u2019s my view.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo it shows how much is still to be done to serve the talent and the youth of Ghana.<\/p>\n
\u201cLike we need much more of what we\u2019re doing. I always say Right to Dream; we\u2019re doing our part, but we need much more expansion of talent development.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy view is, Ghana\u2019s biggest asset is the talent of its children. Not in football but broadly.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Right to Dream Academy has produced some of the biggest football stars for Ghana\u2019s national teams over the last two decades including Mohammed Kudus, Majeed Waris, David Accam, Kamaldeen Sulemana and Ibrahim Osman, who has just signed for Brighton.<\/p>\n
Not just that. Ivy League graduates are among the products coming out of the Old Akrade-based academy.<\/p>\n
Watch part one of Tom Vernon\u2019s interview with Fentuo Tahiru Fentuo here<\/strong>:<\/p>\n