C.O.D United Football Club of Lagos and the Community Sports Trust of English Premier League campaigners AFC Bournemouth have agreed a partnership.
The partnership will commence with local and foreign soccer camps for young and aspiring footballers. Speaking on the partnership, CEO of C.O.D United Shola Opaleye said he was excited about the partnership and the many possibilities it presents to both clubs. “We are very excited about starting a partnership with yet another team in the biggest league in the world, the English Premier League. We are particularly excited to be working with AFC Bournemouth’s Community Sports Trust, the community department at a club we share the same values with and which has a similar story to ours.”
He added that, “We started our journey in the lowest cadre in Nigerian football and in 6 years, we were within a few games of joining the Nigeria Professional Football League. AFC Bournemouth were also playing in the lower rungs and within a few years, they have made it to the English Premier League.” The first activities leveraging the partnership are soccer camps for young and aspiring footballers in Lagos and England in July and August respectively.
The Lagos camp will hold at the City Turf grounds of C.O.D United led by coaches from AFC Bournemouth CST.
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