Praful Patel meets the FIFA President Sepp Blatter

President of All India Football Federation Praful Patel meets Sepp Blatter, President of FIFA at the FIFA Headquarters in Zurich. The purpose of this meeting was to discuss on the various important aspects of the Under – 17 World Cup which has been scheduled to be held in 2017. The meeting was also attended by top officials of FIFA which included Secretary General Jerome Valcke, Thierry Regenass, Director of Member Associations & Development Vision.

NCP Leader Praful Patel is extremely excited to get the support of FIFA, as he thinks, with this international event Indian Football will be getting a substantial position in the international arena. It is an unfortunate scene how the lack of infrastructure and implementation of proper techniques have shoveled India to a wretched FIFA ranking of 147. There is also a sharp dearth of finance which is posing to be a hindrance to equip the Indian Football team to participate in any international tournament.

Sepp Blatter in his previous visit to the country has called India a ‘Sleeping Giant’. He knew that there is a strong undercurrent for football in the India. A proper infrastructure and extensive football training will help to reignite the passion, effectively translating it into reality. Heavy Industries Minister Praful Patel is motivating his federation to introduce all sorts of developmental practices which are necessary to make the sport number one in the country. With this upcoming tournament, Indian football is surely going to witness some international techniques on field.

With Celebs in action ISL will be adding great value to Indian Football

The commencement of Indian Super League would begin a new era adding more the glory of Indian Super League. This league is projected to bring a path breaking development in the infrastructure of the game. No more Indian Football can be witnessed taking a back seat as endeavors of AIFF have created a great stir in the development of the game. As NCP Leader Praful Patel, who is also the President of AIFF has delved to orient his efforts in reviving the condition of football to make it a number one sport in India. With Indian Super League, AIFF President has expressed his excitement as football gets a remarkable exposure in getting a prestigious stature as cricket.

Top sports personality and celebrities have extended their hands to own franchise of different teams. Cricket Icon like Saurav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar will be respectively enfranchising Kolkata and Kochin. AIFF has also been successful in pulling in support of top Bollywood heartthrobs like Salman Khan, Ranbir Kapoor and John Abraham. For the Kolkata team, it is a matter of great pride as their favorite “Dada” will be beside them and would be motivating them through the thick and thin. An ardent football follower himself, Saurav Ganguly will jointly own this team with La Liga giants Atletico Madrid, and other Kolkata industrialists.

Praful Patel, Heavy Industries Minister, expressed his delight saying that through ISL the celebrities will be able to generate their grass root obligations for the progress of the sport. Since AIFF has also created an international standard infrastructure to host the Under – 17 World Cup, ISL at this juncture is going to prove an astounding force that would bring immense transformation to Indian Football. Sports experts are also reconfirming this moment of glory as they believe with such star studded league, football is surely to have great value in attracting more and more audience, media and sponsor interest to the sport.