Barrister Chris Green, former Chairman of NFF’s Technical Committee has lauded the efforts of Governor Nyesom Wike’s quality project, Real Madrid Academy in River’s State which is to ensure that talented players are produced from the academy as well as securing their future academically.
In a recent interview, Chris revealed that the Real Madrid Academy is going on as planned save for this Coronavirus as he hails Gov Wike as God’s gift to Rivers State.
“With the best and only Real Madrid Academy in Africa, he has secured the future of the youths in this country. He has created capacity, job and wealth through this scheme. Graduates can play for all our national teams, clubs and reputable clubs outside Nigeria”.
“Those who would not make the cut can also find themselves managing teams in different areas of specialization”.
“I can boldly say we still have ex-players who are coaches with very good qualifications and experience. We have Finidi George, Emmanuel Amuneke, Austin Equavoen, Eddy Dombraye, Imama, Makaiba, Boboye, Elochukwu of Heartland, Ladan Bosso, Friday Ekpo, Stanley Eguma among many others”, Chris affirmed.
