Jersey Bulls sign Somalia midfielder Mohamed

Jarma Mohamed has been capped at international level by Somalia [Lauren Queree] Jersey Bulls have signed Somalia international midfielder Jarma Mohamed. The 19-year-old has moved to the island to work and will be part of the Bulls squad for their Isthmian League South Central campaign. Mohamed has had spells at the academies of Manchester City, Liverpool and Wigan Athletic, as well as playing in non-league football. "He's a young lad that's had a great pedigree and a great upbringing in the game," Jersey bulls manager Elliot Powell told BBC Sport. "But like 99.9% of people that are in academies they have to think about life after football at some point if they don't quite make it professionally at the first stab. "He's looking at Jersey as an option to move away, get his head back on his football and enjoying himself again, because he's had a couple of years where he's bounced around a couple of different clubs both professionally and then in non-league. "It's an opportunity for Jarma to press the reset button, work over here and develop his skills outside of football, but also hopefully use Jersey Bulls as a platform to maybe springboard and re-launch his career again as well." Jersey Bulls suffer play-off heartbreak with shootout loss Henia-Kamau returns to Jersey Bulls Long-serving Jersey Bulls defender Campbell retires Mohamed's signing comes as the islanders have some churn in their squad. Long-serving defender Luke Campbell and experienced midfielder Adam Trotter have left the side over the summer, as has winger Rai Dos Santos. He is the islanders' second international addition with former Bulls winger Sami Henia-Kamau returning to the island after spells with Swansea City and Hull City and a cap for Kenya. Powell hopes Mohamed will fill the void left by Trotter who was a lynchpin of the island side that reached the play-offs in their first season in the eighth tier of English football. "He's got great experience already at 19, but still brings that youthful energy, which I think is really important for us as we go into another slog of a season needing that new energy and exuberance," he said. "So we're really happy to have him, I think he'll add a lot to our midfield. "He's a really combative sort of powerful midfielder, he'll be there to break things up and get us on the front foot and I think fans will really enjoy his sort of style of play because he's up and at them, he's aggressive and it's what we need in the middle of the park now. "
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