The maiden edition of Dino Sporting Club Nigeria Bundelisga Scouting Competition has come and gone, but the clubs will reap the benefits for long time.
The tournament held in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State had Eintracht Frankfurt Sporting Director Frank Sebastian and Chief Scout Corlineus Kruesser in attendance.
Registered FIFA German agents Darlington Omodiagbe and Lakunle Awoyale were also on ground to monitor the players for the entire four days.
Several players have been selected for further development in Germany, with possibility of signing lucrative deal either Eintracht Frankfurt or any interested clubs.
The agents also aim to send footage of the players to other European clubs for further assessments.
Speaking to the media, Frank Sebastian said, Sporting Director Frank Sebastian and Corlineus Kruesser, said :
“Our duty is to pick the best players, and the club we decide. almost all the players delivered. So it’s difficult to pick, really.
“It’s nice to see many kids playing with high level.”
“Maybe with more work, they’ll be ready for Europe. They are nice kids with great talents.” He said.
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 future.”
Brain behind the initiative, CEO of Dino Sporting Club Samuel Columbus, said the tournament exceeded expectations, stating that discovering talents for the country has always been his passion.
“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 got 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 goal.”
Recalled Box2Box defeated Abray Sports Club at the mainbowl of Otunba Dipo Dina Stadium, Ijebu Ode to win the Nigeria Bundelisga Scouting Competition.