Former Kumasi Asante Kotoko midfielder has called on Ghanaian to stop the early retirement of players by calling tagging them as old when they are in their late 20's.
The CAF Confederations Cup winner, who now plies his trade with Wydad Casablanca says it sad to see players with a lot in them retired early in their careers.
"Everybody is playing football to be able to cater for his family so if a player gets a bad day doesn't mean he is an old player,” Nii Adjei told Happy FM.
“We always follow European football and when Manchester United announced the signing of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, look at the raves the club got for signing one of the experienced players in world football. Some claimed that he's going to influence games with his experience, so why can't we do same in Ghana but they'll say the player is old.”
“If the player plays one game and he performs, they will say his experience helped the team to win but when he has a bad day; people will say he's old and waste. These are some of the things that have negatively befallen our league. It is one of those things that's retrogressing our competition.
“Our clubs are not delivering on the continental stage, which has culminated in us getting only one slot in both the Champions League and Confederation Cup competitions. But when you go to Congo, they have four slots and between the two countries who do you think should have more slots? We always pride ourselves to be one of the great football nations on the continent. Morocco also has four slots so I think if people do not put a stop to some of these comments, our football will still be where it is today.
"I spent five years with TP Mazembe and this is a club that has as many five players who have been with the club for more than eight years but I never heard their supporters call them old players. However, here we are calling players like Saddick Adams, Amos Frimpong and Eric Donkor old players. They should stop it for the betterment of the club and Ghana football," Adjei deduced.