Espanyol Confirms Their Preseason Tour of Nigeria in the Lagos International Football Tournament
The CEO/President of the Spanish giants Joan Collet confirmed the trip in a statement issued on Thursday and it reads:
“I’d like to confirm to Lagos International Football Tournament, represented by Mr Mutiu Adepoju, the firm intention of RCD Espanyol de Barcelona to participate in the maiden edition of the mentioned football tournament to be played in July 2013 in Teslim Balogun Stadium,Surulere, in Lagos.
The president also confirmed that the club will use the opportunity of the pre-season tournament to inaugurate a youth team in Lagos.
Other teams expected at the tournament are Ismaily SC of Egypt, Asante Kotoko of Ghana and Nigeria’s Kano Pillars.
Head, Media and Communications of LIFT, Yemi Akinbode, said in a statement on Thursday that the Spanish club will be coming to Nigeria with a star-studded team of 35 people including players, coaching and technical crew and their medical personnel.
RCD Espanyol fans in the country will be presented with an opportunity of interacting with their favourite stars like Hector Moreno,Wakaso Mubarak, Simao Sabrosa, Victor Alvarez and Sergio Garcia.
LIFT is an initiative of ex-Super Eagles star Mutiu Adepoju, an annual soccer fiesta to promote and enhance the quality of the game in terms of strategic, management, organisation and tactical implementation of policies and programmes in Nigeria and Globally.
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