20 footballers to undergo training under German club
Darjeeling: The Queen of the Hills is all set to reap the benefits of 'Building Bridges' programme of the iconic Eintracht Frankfurt Club of Germany.
Scouting for young talents in India, a total of 20 footballers from the under 17 age bracket will be undergoing the football training of the club thus getting an international exposure.
Representatives of the Eintracht Club were in Darjeeling to scout for young talents from the 'Darjeeling Football Star — Pahari Footballer Ko Khoj' a joint project of the Darjeeling Police in association with the Football
Next Foundation.
"As the head coach of the Under-17 World Cup team of India till February 2017, I feel proud to be back. India has an immense talent. The under 17 team I coached was a very good team. Our task at hand now is to identify talent and develop them. I see no reason why an Indian footballer cannot make it to the top," stated Nicolai Adam, Football Coach, Eintracht
Frankfurt Club.
Adam will be here for the next three days scouting for talents. Out of 3,000 young footballers, 150 have been shortlisted from Darjeeling
and Kalimpong.
"We will choose the best 20 players who will be part of the Spring 2019 programme of Eintracht Frankfurt Club. We will provide the necessary infrastructure so that they get international exposure. Under the 'Building Bridges' programme of our club these boys will be trained," stated Felix Hans Verel, representative of the club.
Coaches from the club will be visiting Darjeeling to train the
budding talents.
"India is our target market. As under 17 is the golden age of learning we prefer this age. Now, we have a link with Darjeeling under our Building Bridges programme" added Verel.
"This is our contribution to sustainable development of football," stated Kaushik Moulik, Founder of Football Next Foundation. Recently, Manish Subba, a budding talent from Darjeeling had been sent to the Eintracht Frankfurt Club to get the feel of international football by Darjeeling Police and the Football Next Foundation along with 3 others from
West Bengal.
