NPFL partners La Liga to train players, inaugurates selection committee
The Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) on Thursday announced a partnership with LaLiga, the Spanish league, to train Nigerian players.
Gbenga Elegbeleye, the League Management Company (LMC) chairman, announced at a press conference in Lagos.
Consequently, the NPFL inaugurated a technical committee to identify 11 All-Star best league players at the end of the 2023/2024 league to train and play with the best La Liga teams.
Elegbeleye said the partnership was due to the need to make the Nigerian league more viable and reward hard work.
The Nigerian league is scheduled to kick off September 9 across the country.
The technical committee for the All-Star is headed by Harrison Jala as chairman, with Austin Eguaveon, Daniel Amokachi, Godwin Nwa, Deji Omotoyinbo, Segun Agbede, and Mitchel Obi as members.
The All-Star squad will travel to Spain for two weeks to play friendly games with top La Liga teams, while the coach with the highest point will travel with the 11 All-Star team.
“There’s an agreement we have secured with top La Liga clubs to host our NPFL All Stars squad to play against some other top teams in Spain. This will further enrich the experience of our players, as they will have the opportunity to play with the best,” he said.
Jala, the committee chairman, said it was ready for the task ahead and assured that the 2023/2024 league season would be more innovative to build on the previous season’s success.
“This is a call to service; we intend to make fairness our watchword and give our league a facelift, and make it better than the 2022/2023 league season,” he said
Basil Kabbani, the chairman of Propel Sports Africa, applauded the group managing director of GTI Group and the NPFL.
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