Nigeria Bundelisga Scouting tourney: Frankfurt scout selects exciting youngsters in Nigeria

Nigeria Bundelisga Scouting tourney: Frankfurt scout selects exciting youngsters in Nigeria

Hassan Abdulsalam 10:15 - 26.05.2023

Several players have been chosen for future development in Germany, with the potential to secure lucrative contracts with Eintracht Frankfurt or other teams.

Frankfurt scouts have selected youngsters in Nigeria as the maiden edition of the Dino Sporting Club Nigeria Bundelisga Scouting Competition ends.

Pulse Sports reported that the tournament was held in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, and had Eintracht Frankfurt Sporting Director Frank Sebastian and Chief Scout Corlineus Kruesser in attendance.

Darlington Omodiagbe and Lakunle Awoyale, registered FIFA German agents, were also present to keep an eye on the players for the four days.

Frankfurt scouts happy with Talents in Nigeria

Several players have been chosen for future development in Germany, with the potential to secure lucrative contracts with Eintracht Frankfurt or other teams.

We are impressed with the players' performance

Frank Sebastian said that they aim to send footage of the players to other European clubs for further assessments.

Frankfurt Scouts happy with Nigeria talents

He said, "We must pick the best players, and the club we decide. Almost all the players delivered. So it's difficult to pick. It's nice to see so many kids playing at a high level.

"Maybe with more work, they'll be ready for Europe. They are nice kids with great talents."

On his part, Eintracht Frankfurt Chief Scout, Corlineus Kruesser also praised the competitive level of the scouting football tournament.

"We are pleased with everything we saw, the teams played great football with great intensity and tactics.

"We have identified some players, but we can't name them for now because the list is long. We will present the list to the club, and we see. Nigeria has talents, maybe we'll come back in the future." he said

The brain behind the initiative, CEO of Dino Sporting Club Samuel Columbus, claimed that finding talents for the nation has always been his focus, and he stated the competition exceeded expectations.

Players of Box2Box in action during the scouting competition

He said, "It was a good tournament, as you can see, we had teams from each region of the country. The tournament has come to stay, and we are thinking of holding another one towards the end of the year."

”We added a new dimension to scouting activities and development of young players, We will continue to do our best to ensure that talented players reach their goals."

Box2Box defeated Abray Sports Club at the main bowl of Otunba Dipo Dina Stadium, Ijebu Ode, to win the Nigeria Bundelisga Scouting Competition.

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