Dulee’s Future In Doubt!

By Roland M. Mulbah  
rolandmulbah@liberiansoccer.com

Since the glory days of the legendary George Oppong Manneh Weah, James Salinsa Debbah, Joe Nagbe, Christopher Wreh and few other Liberian players who rocked fans in Europe with their artistic skills, mesmerizing dribbles and clinical finishing in the Italian Serie A', French Ligue 1 and English Premiership, Liberian players are now virtually in oblivion, as their counterparts from Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria etc. are making tremendous headways as Football crazy fans storm video clubs and other entertainment areas to see the likes of Didier Tebily Drogba Yves, Emmanuel Sheyi Adebayor, John Mikel Chuwendu Obina, Michael Bison Essien etc, wooing captivating many round the world including Liberians as their players relatively settle for mediocrity.

Currently, no Liberian player can make a breakthrough in any of the five top leagues in the world which include the English Premiership, Spanish Premier Liga, Italian Serie A', German Bundesliga and French Liga 1.

 Also, they are not found in the second stage of European leagues which include: Portuguese Super Liga, Russian Premier Liga, Belgian Jupiler and the Dutch Eredivisie.

What could be term as doubt over the soccer career of Liberian International resourceful midfielder, Dulee Johnson is looming in the corridor after reports that the former AIK Solna player and his Israeli club, Maccabi Tel Aviv coach are on bar terms.

According to Nordic Africa News, the player who is on vacation in Sweden may not return to his Israeli club, Maccabi Tel Aviv due to the controversy with his coach.

The reports also say the player and his club have reached an arrangement to have the player seek contract elsewhere, probably in Europe.

Dulee, who formed part of Liberia’s Lone Star squad in Mali for the 2002 African cup of nations as the youngest player, confirmed the news to Nordic Africa News in a short email stating that he and his coach actually had some problems, but did not state the problems.       

He also confirmed that he reached an agreement with Maccabi to return to Europe perhaps due to the problem with the coach.

Dulee signed three years contract with Maccabi in 2008 after a shaky period with Swedish premier top flight outfit AIK Solna which led to a match suspension and regular talk with a psychologist.

The problems with Liberian players showcasing in Europe’s top rated leagues are now getting even worse with the latest that Dulee is expected to leave such modest league.

The question now is: which Liberian player will actuall make the breakthrough?

Will it be Theo Weeks of Turkish Super Lig outfit AnkakaSpour, Alex Nimely Man City youth team or Dioh Williams? We wait to see.