PANAJI: Arsene Wenger held lengthy discussion with top All India Football Federation (AIFF) officials in Sydney on Saturday and confirmed that he would visit India in October to finalise the setting-up of a state-of-the-art centralised academy for under-13 boys and girls.
Known as Le Professeur for his meticulous approach to the game, the former Arsenal manager is now head of FIFA’s Global Football Development. He met AIFF president Kalyan Chaubey and secretary Shaji Prabhakaran for more than an hour, in the presence of FIFA technical director Steven Martens and Ulf Schott, head of FIFA’s High-Performance Programmes.
