Mohun Bagan to help soccer development in northeast

KOLKATA - City soccer giants Mohun Bagan Thursday joined hands with Assam Football Association (AFA) in a first of its kind venture in Indian sports to help in the overall development of the game in the north eastern state.

As per the memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed Thursday, Mohun Bagan would help Assam Football Association in various administrative and technical aspects of the game.

“The club will also send its technical experts to AFA from time to time to guide the association in the coaching camps for the Assam state teams. The club will also send its administration and management Experts to AFA to conduct workshops, seminars and courses, said Mohun Bagan general secretary Anjan Mitra, one of the signatories of the deal.

“Mohun Bagan will train talented footballers of Assam in the clubs soccer academies,” he added.

AFA, on its part, will help the club in recruiting talented footballers of the northeastern states for its academy and team, said AFA secretary Ankur Dutta, who also signed the MOU.

Mohun Bagan also agreed to arrange friendly matches during exposure trips of the Assam sides in Kolkata with their club team. In return, the club would also send its different age-group teams to Assam for exposure trips and tournaments, Dutta told media persons here.