360 SPORT: NPFL All Stars to participate in Carranza and LaLiga World Tournament | @360Rhymez_com

An All Stars cast
of the Nigeria Professional
Football League (NPFL) players
will embark on an international
friendly tour of Spain as part of
the recently signed
Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) between
the the League Management
Company (LMC) and the
Spanish Football League,
LaLiga.
Chairman of the LMC, Shehu
Dikko announced the firming
of the plans for the tour after a
meeting in Abuja on Friday
with LaLiga Africa
Representative, Antonio
Barradas. He said the NPFL All
Stars selected side will play in
the Carranza & LaLiga World
Tournament and also against
Valencia CF. For the Carranza
and LaLiga World Tournament,
the NPFL All Stars will play
Malaga CF on August 12 and
13 but before then, will play
their first game in Spain against
Valencia CF on August 10.
The Ramon de Carranza
Trophy is a pre-season
tournament organized by
Cadiz CF in memory of its
former President, Ramon de
Carranza. It has been played
since 1955 and is rated one of
the prestigious summer
tournaments in Spain
alongside the Teresa Herrera
Trophy. Sevilla CF won the
inaugural edition in 1955 while
Atletico Madrid are the
defending champions. Some of
the top European and South
American teams that have
participated in the tournament
include 2012 winners, Club
Desportivo Nacional and
Benfica of Portugal, Sampdoria
of Italy, Flamengo and Vasco
Da Gama of Brazil amongst
others.
The NPFL/LaLiga partnership
was consummated at the
Abuja Hilton on April 26 and
provides for extensive
collaboration between the two
leagues in the areas of players
development, management
capacity building and
knowledge sharing.
“We are delighted to confirm
that there will be an NPFL All
Stars team to participate World
Tournament which is part of
the pre-season activities of the
two Spanish Clubs, Valencia CF
and Malaga CF on August 10,
12 and 13.
“The NPFL All Stars team will be
made up of the best players in
the league this season and it
will offer them the opportunity
of showcasing their abilities
and possibly secure offers
from any European club as the
match will be broadcast live on
some European television
channels”, Dikko stated.
The LMC Chairman said the
implementation of the friendly
match exchange is in line with
the agreement with LaLiga to
have clubs from both leagues
visit the other adding that it is
expected that in the near
future, Spanish Clubs will
undertake a friendly tour of
Nigeria as well.
Dikko also disclosed that the
visit will provide opportunity
for selected Club
Administrators to have a close
study of club management,
match day organization and
other activities for the good
administration of clubs in the
league through scheduled
interactions with La lIga clubs’
top officials.

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