National Booters Form Club

A group of national footballers formed a club named 'Sporting Independent Club' with a vision to lend support for the future talent across the country.

Former national captain Arif Khan Joy disclosed the details during a press conference at the Dhaka University gymnasium yesterday.

"Our main objective is to arrange training camps for the children across the country and the good news is that one of our well-known coaches Wajed Gazi has agreed to work as the head coach to run this programme smoothly," informed Joy.

"And you know the players who are not from Dhaka have to face a lot of hassle to find a club. We will try to help them negotiate with the clubs," he added.

Joy however made it clear that it's not a parallel organisation of the Football Players' Association.

"It's a totally different organisation," said Joy.

He also informed that they would hold exhibition matches across the country to raise funds to conduct the camps and run this organisation.

"We will play exhibition matches to collect money and it would be our main source of income but we will also try to collect money from other sources," said Joy adding that they will play their first match at Cox's Bazar on April 16 and the second match on the following day at Chokoria.

Besides Joy, striker Alfaz Ahmed and Arman Miah were the other notable faces among nearly 30 footballers present during the briefing.