Former Ghana defender Samuel Osei Kuffour believes Ghana needs at least $120 million investment in order to resuscitate the dwindling standards of football in the country.

Speaking during on Monday at the StarTimes Bundesliga Legends Tour Press Conference in Accra, Bayern Munich legend also noted the importance of getting corporate sponsorships to complement government support.

He argued that investing in young talents and infrastructure development are pivotal to the future and fortunes of our various national teams.

“I will still believe that government needs to just put money in it (football) but that money will not come from the government it will come from other sources,” Kuffour said.

“If we really want to develop our football, we need more than $120million… We need one in between Northern Region and Brong Ahafo, we need one in the Ashanti Region, one in Greater Accra; go to Prampram and make it very nice, go to Winneba and develop it again. So, why not?

“It’s not every young one that has to be a footballer. Some of them will go to that school and become and lawyer. So, it’s about development and infrastructure, it’s not one day we sit here and say we have the talent and we have to go to the World Cup.

“If we don’t think right, it will be a long time before we go to the World Cup again. How long can we rely on Dede Ayew, how long can we just say that we have a national team? It’s about investment, structures have to be there in places so that we can go to the World Cup”.