The Nigeria Premier Football League Chairman’s Gbenga Elegbeleye who is the 2nd Vice-Chairman of the NFF has revealed the reason that the youth league project is aimed at growing the financial base of clubs.
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And it’s the long-term intention is to grow the financial base of the various league clubs.
That the project will give room for progression and integration of young talents into the senior teams he added
The NPFL Chairperson reveals that plans are underway for the NPFL All Star Team to embark on a tour to Spain to expand the opportunities of the players and give them the choice to experience the best of youth development programs.
30 players from the inaugural edition of the NPFL Youth League are currently taking part in a two-week camping exercise in Abuja.
“The intended dual effects of the U17 project is to get all the clubs in the NPFL to embrace youth development through feeder teams and later graduate to the main teams,” he stated to NPFL media.
Elegbeleye regretted the failure of the country to qualify for the last U-17 World Cup, saying that it was due to poor planning.
“The overall plan for the U17 All-Star team is to expand the opportunities of the players to better training under different technical officials and give them the choice of experiencing global standards, the European leagues are interested in young talents.
