Former Asante Kotoko defender Awal Mohammed has revealed his move to Asia coursed his exclusion from the Black Stars.
“I remember some of the executives didn’t like my move to Saudi Arabia side Al-Shabab, someone from the Black Stars called to tell me not to move to Asia because I was a future player for the team but I told them I also have a lot of things to do”, he said In an exclusive interview with ghanasportspage.com
According to the Ex-Maritzburg United defender, the Asian league is even better than some in Europe
“In Asia if you don’t have a good CV or play in the national team, they don’t want you, the Asians like players who are national team players, most countries have their national players in the Asian Leagues”,
“There are so many European countries who’s league are not competitive compares to Asia, their game requires a lot of hard work and strength”, he added
Awal Mohammed made a debut for the Black Stars on 31 December 2010, for a CAF Tournament. He also participated in the 2014 World cup qualifiers as well as the African Cup of Nations.
Awal began his career with the Feyenoord Academy. On 10 July 2010, he joined ASEC Mimosas on loan. After his return in November 2010 to Feyenoord Academy, he was sold to Asante Kotoko. In August 2012, Awal joined South African Premier Soccer League club Maritzburg United.
The former Al-Shabab player together with the other two Ghanaians has help Gokulam Kerala FC win the Indian Premier League title for the first time.
