Former Newcastle United striker Demba Ba has become a football club owner just one year after announcing his retirement from playing. The ex-Magpies striker has invested into Senegalese second tier side Amitie FC.
Ba plans to relaunch the brand of the club and turn it into a hotbed of young Senegalese talent, after the club finished 12th in Ligue 2 last season. He's hoping that Amitie, based in Thies, Senegal's third biggest city, can become a talent pool for a number of European clubs.
The former Newcastle striker is hoping to use his connections in France and England to help build a relationship between his new club and some of Europe's big names to help possible talents make their way to the big time. Of course, if they plan to move to England they would have to qualify through the new Brexit rules.
