•Fast rising
NPFL side and first African partner of West Ham United FC of England, FC Ifeanyi Ubah will
this week host their London-based partners, West Ham United FC in Lagos and
Nnewi in a bid to take the partnership between both football clubs to the next
level.
•Top
executives at West Ham United led by the Managing Director, Angus Kinnear and
President of FC Ifeanyi Ubah,
Dr. Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah
will on Wednesday unveil the blueprint that will guide the hunt for
the next Nigerian superstar. The project which aims to identify talented kids
between the ages of 6 - 15 years will kick off in December with coaches and
scouts of West Ham United in regular attendance to offer technical support
throughout the duration of the project. Selected kids will be enrolled into Ifeanyi Ubah
football academy with the aim of harnessing their talents, thus providing West
Ham United with a pool of talented players to pick from on a quarterly basis.
•Recall
that FC Ifeanyi Ubah
recently signed a long term partnership with West Ham United back in August
that will see the two football clubs join forces on a number of
football-related projects led by FC Ifeanyi Ubah, from best-practice coaching initiatives
to establishing grass roots football programmes in Nigeria, all with a view to improving
the standard of football across the region.
•Speaking
to newsmen at the weekend in Lagos, Dr. Ubah explained the aim of the
•'Talent
Hunt Programme'
and how that will metamorphose to a football Academy run by both West Ham
United FC and FC Ifeanyi Ubah.
"Our discussions since the unveiling of this historic partnership has
always been centred on
football development, with the discovery of future football stars in a country
so rich in football talents waiting to be harnessed top on the priority list.
West Ham are known to have one of the best academies in the world having
produced players like Sir Trevor Brooking, Frank Lampard, Rio Ferdinand,
Michael Carrick to mention a few and they are eager to identify and handpick
talented African players that they can develop. The search for the next
Lampard, Payet, Kanu and Okocha just
begun and we believe this talent hunt will help us achieve our goal".Dr. Ubah
further revealed that many more details on the next level of the collaboration
between FC Ifeanyi Ubah and
West Ham FC will be unveiled during the week in Lagos when executives from the
London Club will be entertaining questions at a press Conference in Lagos at Eko
Signature, VI by 3pm. There will also be a dinner in honour of
the contingent from West Ham by 6PM on Wednesday at the same
venue where major football stakeholders and personalities will be in attendance
after which they will be heading to Nnewi, Anambra state on
Thursday for another press conference at Ifeanyi Ubah Games Village by1:45pm. Their visit will
end with an appearance on "Naija made" by 7:30 PM on
Supersport9 where they will be discussing in details, the benefits of West
Ham's deal with Capital Oil and Gas and FC Ifeanyi Ubah as well as the blueprint and
goal of the talent hunt.
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