Head Scout & consultant to Gulf United Football Club, Anyanwu Marcellinus , with coaches and players during the Lagos leg of the talent screening at the weekend. PHOTO: ALEX MONYE
According to the scouts, the successful footballers will earn scholarships to United States and Canadian schools as well as get contracts with standard football clubs. “The Golf United FC Nigeria showcase is another way to help Nigerian parents sponsor their children abroad to play football and acquire quality education.
“Out of over 5,000 young players from 16 to 20 years old that paid and applied online, we only picked 120 players, 60 in Lagos and 60 at the Abuja centre.”“The screening process were done by reliable foreign coaches from Dubai Gulf FC. The programme will be holding every year,” he said. A director at Gulf United Dubai, Jordi Shiels, said he was impressed by the skills displayed by the youths.
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