Former Arsenal supervisor and world governing physique FIFA’s present chief of world soccer growth, Arsene Wenger will play a task in Indian soccer’s grassroot programmes and expertise growth.
During the World Cup in Doha, All India Football Federation (AIFF) president Kalyan Chaubey had held deliberations with Wenger and different senior officers of the FIFA and Asian Football Confederation (AFC) concerning youth growth initiatives in India.
“We have had extensive discussions with FIFA development team. Arsene Wenger is head of FIFA Task Force and they will help us in grassroots programme. Coaches from Wenger’s team would come,” Chaubey stated after unveiling its ‘Vision 2047’ roadmap.
“About football budget cut, we have got lot of help from government and ministry and we have never been turned down when we requested for something. In future too, we will expect whatever we deserve in terms of help, government will give us,” he added.