City footballers to have chance to attend training camp at MU

With a telephone company launching the Rising Stars programme in Delhi on Tuesday,footballers from the city will have a chance to be in the team of 12 footballers who will get a chance to attend a week-long training camp with Manchester United Club in Old Trafford,England

With a telephone company launching the Rising Stars programme in Delhi on Tuesday,footballers from the city will have a chance to be in the team of 12 footballers who will get a chance to attend a week-long training camp with Manchester United Club in Old Trafford,England.

The three-month long talent hunt will see the coaches conducting trials and training sessions in 12 cities to select the final 12 players. Addressing a press conference in new Delhi,Indian football captain Sunil Chhetri said India’s first step should be to achieve something major in Asia.

“World Cup is a distant thing. Right now our focus should be on doing something good in Asia. If we set high goals at the moment we are going to get frustrated. So we should first look to do something in our continent. As they say you should take small steps and not rush to the goal,” Chhetri said. Chhetri and former Manchester United player Dwight Yorke launched the talent hunt programme at Under 16 level to be conducted by Bharti Airtel in association with Man United. The ‘Airtel Rising Stars’ scouting programme will cover 16 cities across India and pick 12 talented footballers to attend a week-long training camp at Old Trafford,the home of Manchester United,in England. Chhetri said the initiative will help groom the young footballers in the country.