Real de Banjul has taken the initiative to house twelve of the club’s teenagers and youngsters to permanently at the Kerr Real complex.

The initiative has been a long standing plan the club has had in its long list of projects to be implemented in the future.

The first batch of players housed at the club’s headquarters consist of youngsters Mustapha Nyassi, Assan Gibba, Assan Corr, Muhammed Suso, Abdurahman Badamosi, Ousman Chorr, Sheikh Jaw, Pa Yusupha Jammeh, Alasana Badjie, Baboucarr Touray, Musa Barjo and Musa Gibba.

The initiative to camp these young talents is necessitated with the fact to closely monitor them, provide them with daily numerous training routines and nutrition that will help them to rapidly develop their football knowledge and sharpen their skills before eventually moving on to the professional level.

Club President William Abraham described the initiative as a pilot program to improve the pace of the players’ development saying that: “The objective of the club is to develop these players faster because these players are training once a day for two to three hours a day and that is not enough.”

“So we decided that these are the future players of the club and on the market for transfers, that is why we are investing money to accommodate them. This is a try out to see whether we will succeed with their development.”

He added: “During this period, these players will be provided with numerous training sessions, gym, swimming, walks and more activities. We also want to develop the discipline, attitudes of these players and prepare them even more. We want to invite people of different works of life to talk to these players on occasions to inject the needed inspiration about life in them.”

“The accommodation at Kerr Real can take up to 36 players so we will later decide whether to increase the number or to lower it,” Abraham concluded.