NPL Chairman, Hon. Gbenga Elegbeleye has revealed that an All-star team of NPFL players will spend two weeks in Spain playing top friendly games with La Liga sides.
This was revealed on Thursday when the Technical Committee for Team of the Month Selection was inaugurated in Lagos.
Hon. Elegbeleye believes that this panel will do justice to their job description. Here is an excerpt from his speech
“In the weeks and months ahead, we promise to be providing policy guidelines and schemes aimed at making our league that which Nigerians will be proud to associate with as Corporate Sponsors, Stakeholders, Players and Fans.
The idea of a Technical Committee for Team of the Month Selection may not be entirely new but we are adding the added flavour and benefits of going to have an end of season Team, an All-Star squad that will spend two weeks in Spain playing friendly games with top LaLiga sides.
This is an agreement we have secured with a top LaLiga club to host our NPFL Select and arrange for them to play against some other top teams in Spain. This no doubt will be an enriching experience for the players as they will have the opportunity to train and play against some of the very best. It has the added edge of going to form the nucleus of a future CHAN Eagles team.
We undertook a thorough process of selecting members of this panel to cut across players, coaches and the media. We picked persons with the right pedigree and there is no doubt that they will give us the right squad each month.
To those we have invited to this panel, please consider this a call to serve the growth of domestic football because if you were to give us professional billing, we may not meet such demands at the moment. But I can assure you that the NPFL Board is going on a trajectory of financial buoyancy that will be unfolded in no distant time.”