New Delhi: Football club FC Barcelona plans to set up training clubs in the country, making it the first foreign club to do so, a press statement said. The FCB clinics will start mid-December. "With six FCBEscola camps completed across the country, the clinics will be the honing ground for serious footballers to qualify for the academy. The coming up of the clinics and academy will pave way for creating footballers of tomorrow," the statement said.
Anu Jain, director, Conscient Football said: "We will help in creating footballers whose skill and talent will be at par with any top international football playing nation." The clinics will be conducted by Antonio Claveria, technical director - FCBEscola India. The training will be on the Barca module and entrants to the academy will be handpicked. Conscient Football is a grassroots development organisation for football in the country and official partner of FCBarcelona.
Jain added: "Marketing of football in India is still at a nascent stage. Though the market is pegged around US$ 410 million, people are apprehensive about investing in football. We need to develop infrastructure for the sport." The last FIFA World Cup saw growth of 35% viewership in India, most of it from the youth.
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