Swindon Town Football Club Vice Chairman Zavier Austin has said that Swindon Town will be sending a coach to Karachi in the next six weeks to examine their set-up, assess and make changes as he sees fit.
He was speaking at a memorandum of Under-standing signing Ceremony between Karachi Foot-ball Club and Swindon Town Football Club Eng-land held at Commissioner Karachi office in the presence of Commissioner Karachi Muhammad Iqbal Memon .
He said that the Swindon Town’s partnership made with the Karachi Football club for providing opportunities to young football talent of the city of Karachi will go for long. He hopes the partnership will introduce new talents from Karachi to the world.
He said: “we are committed to finding the best young talent throughout Asia and around the globe”. He added that he was very excited to announce the next steps in their partnership with Karachi Football Club.
He thanked Commissioner Karachi Muhammad Iqbal Memon and appreciated the phenomenal three-day visit organized by him and the the hospi-tality he received. He said his trip was very success-ful as it marked a new era of partnership with Kara-chi Football Club.
He hoped that he would be able to play a facili-tative role in strengthening the relationship between the two clubs. Finding new talent from Karachi and opening opportunities for them is a major goal of his.
He said that Swindon Town Football Club was the first English Club that initiated on the invitation of Commissioner Karachi Muhammad Iqbal Memon.
He said he would run a camp and a trial for not only players, but also coaches to identify the best young talent and the most incredible football minds in Karachi. He said: “we will be inviting two coaches from Karachi over to Swindon for a four-week period where they will study both our Acad-emy and our first-team closely, watching how our guys work and prepare before taking those ideas back to Karachi where they can then help to nurture and develop the next generation of footballing tal-ent”. He said that he was exceedingly keen to embark on this journey with Karachi Football Club, and was very excited about the opportunities they had given to help grow the game of football in Pakistan.
He hoped that this partnership would help engage with the large Pakistani community in Swindon and get them involved with their local club.—PR
