A total of 15 scouts led by that of Portuguese giants FC Porto will this weekend arrive Abuja for a one week tournament meant to scout players, Owngoalnigeria.com can exclusively reveal.
The tournament put together by DN 10 Football Academy in conjunction with TBC Football Club will begin in the capital of Nigeria on the 23rd of May and will run till the 28th of same month.
Now in its seven years of existence, the tournament has produced players like Suleiman Abdullahi, Mikel Agu, Chidozie Awaziem and Chidera Ejuke among others.
Renowned Nigerian agent Babawo Mohammed who is the brain behind the tournament told Owngoalnigeria.com that the idea is to see players who will be ready for trials or sign contracts if they impress the scouts during the tournament.
“ It’s been on for seven years now and this year is no exception. We have already finished all paper works with the scouts and teams who will be involved. The idea is to get players who will be ready for trails in the summer but extremely good ones will sign immediately”, Babawo said.
Scouts from Eintracht Frankfurt in Germany, Rosenborg of Norway, FK Arda Karzhali of Bulgaria will be in Abuja alongside five from different Turkish teams namely Alanyaspor, Gaziantep, Sivasspor, Kasimpasa and Istanbul Basaksehir.
Scouts from Swedish sides Malmo FF, Hammarby IF, Djurgarden IF and Vasteras SK will be in attendance as well. Two teams from Mexico in Koles De Tijuana and Dorados will be present for the week long tournament.
