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MUMBAI:
Osian's and Infinity Optimal Solutions (IOS) Sports and Leisure
have come together in a strategic partnership to take over
a Delhi football club - New Delhi Heroes which was established
in 1939.
It
is for the first time in the history of Indian football that
a professional sports management agency has taken over the
management of a football club. It is also the first ever corporate
takeover of a football club in Delhi.
The
takeover is the next step in developing the infrastructure
of football in India through an amalgamation of art and culture
for the football loving fans of the country.
Osian's
founder and chairman Neville Tuli says, "This takeover
is another step in our continuing process to develop the game
in India. We want to make the club a pioneer in Indian football.
Right from its management to training facilities available,
every thing will be world class.
"We
will conduct regular training camps under foreign coaches
and build both a youth academy and a training centre to foster
talent".
The aim of taking over New Delhi Heroes is to provide football
fans in Delhi with a club that competes at the national and
International level with the best clubs in the country and
abroad.
IOS
CEO Neerav Tomar said," We aim to sign on players who
have represented the Indian team or have played in the National
Football League (NFL) division 1 clubs. The coaching team
will consist of top quality coaches and training staff. We
want to work our way up to the top tier of the NFL, but we
will be taking things one at a time."
Players
who IOS is in talks with for New Delhi Heroes include Dipanker
Banerjee, Shanta Singh, Mohommed Najeeb and Sujoy Dutta. Coaches
IOS is in talks with include Nigerian Chima Okorie and Mohammed
Habib.
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