The football of Bangladesh is going to feel the touch of football of the world champion Argentina. One of the most popular and famous clubs in the country, River Plate, has expressed interest in opening their academy in Bangladesh. Along with that, discussions were held with 5 clubs of Bangladesh about bringing coaches and footballers from Argentina.
Atlético River Plate is one of the biggest and most popular clubs in Argentina. Riverplate Academy is very famous in different countries of the world including Argentina. 8 footballers from this club's academy were in this year's world champion Argentina team. The touch of the football of those world champions is going to be felt in the football of Bangladesh. Riverplate wants to open an academy in Bangladesh. This is what the chairman of the club said on his visit to Bangladesh.
Sebastian Perez, head of Riverplate's National and International School Division, said there was a great discussion with the clubs in Bangladesh. We are interested in doing some academies here. The way football is seen here, the feeling of people here towards football is very similar to ours. If the clubs here want to have academies, we are interested in working with them.
After arriving in Bangladesh on Monday (February 27) morning for a two-day visit, the River Plate officials started meeting with the officials of the local clubs. In the beginning, Sebastian meets with Bashundhara Kings. After that, he sat in a meeting with Dhaka's traditional club Abahani. After the meeting, both clubs expressed their interest in the development of football in the country.
Incidentally, Riverplate has also expressed interest in taking coaches and footballers from Bangladesh for training. They also said that they are looking forward to contribute to the football of Bangladesh.
