Kingson Begins Birmingham Training After signing a four-year contract with English Premiership side Birmingham City, Black Stars number one choice goalkeeper, Richard ?Oleley? Kingson yesterday begun his official training with the English side.

Kingson, who was handed a work permit last week, assured Omansports in an exclusive interview that he will definitely make the Birmingham City number one shirt his ?property? before the start of the Premiership on August 11th 2007. ?Though the club has two classic goalkeepers, I can confidently say that I will definitely don the goalkeeper?s shirt during our first Premiership game? he said.

The former great Olympics goalie who sounded very confident as in all interviews granted after his arrival in England claims that it has been his long and cherished dream to play in the Barclay Premiership and now that his dream has come into reality, he needs to prove to all why he had wanted to come to England.

According to him, the exploits of Black Stars team-mate Michael Essien, in the English Premiership will serve as a moral booster to himself and Sulley Muntari, who has also signed for Portsmouth, to perform better and raise high the flag of Ghana and the African continent as well.

Should Kingson grab the Birmingham City number one shirt, then the goalie is set to face fellow Michael Essien in his Barclay Premiership debut as Birmingham face Chelsea on August 11th 2007.

In an interview with officials of Birmingham City, they claimed the arrival of the Ghanaian international goalkeeper together with other impressive players should sound to all Premiership managers that Birmingham City is in to surprise all.

Kingson who had an impressive maiden World Cup appearance when he helped the Black Stars to qualify for the second round of the competition joined the English side from Swedish Hammarby IF. He was voted the best goalkeeper in the Swedish league after seven rounds of league games.

The goalie spent almost eleven years in Turkey after joining Turkish giants Galatasaray in 1996 as a young goalkeeper after participating in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, U.S.A.