Brazilian recruit backs Kowloon City plan to develop Hong Kong football talent
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The club's vice-chairman Andrew Mak Yung-pan
has said that the club's overarching priority is to provide a clear professional pathway for promising young players.
And one of the senior recruits, Luizinho, said he was fully behind an agreement that he said would be mutually beneficial.
The 29-year-old Brazilian, who joined from BC Rangers, said: 'It is very important to pass on anything I can to try to help the young players, but they also help us. They bring energy every day, which keeps you motivated and makes you push even more.
Luizinho (right) said his new club could challenge for silverware with their young squad. Photo: Jonathan Wong
'Training together, they get more experience, and step-by-step we will grow as a team. I liked the club's plan. You saw last season that they had a good team, the players were united like a family, and I wanted to come to help.'
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Luizinho and Habib Bah, signed on loan from Tai Po, were the second and third oldest of the club's 16 summer recruits, behind 30-year-old midfielder Kessi Isac. Kowloon signed nine players aged 21 or younger.
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