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West Nile giant Arua Hill Sports Club will soon turn its focus to building a football academy that will serve more significant football markets.
Arua Hill Sports Club CEO Pius Bamwange confirmed to Pulse Sports Uganda that the West Nile giant will henceforth concentrate on building a formidable football academy for European markets.
“We are going to build a formidable academy in West Nile,” Bamwange confirmed to Pulse Sports Uganda.
Bamwange made the statements following reports that the club sold a 49% stake to Cayman Global Ventures, a Cayman Islands-based investment firm. The stake is reportedly valued at Shs6.4bn.
Reports allege the club is withdrawing participation in the Uganda Premier League, the top-flight competition. However, Bamwange revealed that the decision has yet to be approved.
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“There’s a possibility of that, but we have not agreed yet,” he revealed before adding.
“We’ve not concluded on that. We have a meeting tomorrow [ July 18, 2023], and we will make a pronouncement because you can’t just wake up and decide not to participate in the league.”
The Memorandum of Understanding will see Arua Hill Sports Club build its capacity as an African football powerhouse in its talent development, technical programs for coaches and administrators, and infrastructural development of the club.
“The Memorandum of Understanding is already effective. It is now a matter of getting started,” he said.
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“It is all about talent development; developing players for future sales, sharing technical programs for administrators and coaches for training in the United Kingdom, building the stadium and our club infrastructure.”
The MoU purportedly demands that Arua Hill Sports Club sell up to ten players annually.
When asked whether it’s not too ambitious, Bamwange said: “If facilities are available, selling players is very much affordable.”
“There will be an exchange of these younger players. We are looking at the academy that is going to handle that.”
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