Either Jeddah or Riyadh will host Santosh knockouts for 3 years: Kalyan Chaubey

The All India Football Federation (AIFF) will host the knock-out levels of the Santosh Trophy in both Jeddah or Riyadh in Saudi Arabia for 3 years, AIFF president Kalyan Chaubey mentioned on Saturday .

AIFF on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with their Saudi Arabian counterparts to “study the possibility to stage the final stages of the Santosh Trophy in the West Asian country in February 2023.” “The MoU that we signed with the Saudi Football Federation, one was for hosting Santosh Trophy in Jeddah and Riyadh,” Chaubey advised PTI throughout an interplay. “Jeddah has more Indian population there, but Riyadh is the capital. And so the government there can club it together with art and culture. So these are the areas we will discuss and maybe by January we’ll take a final call,” mentioned BJP chief Chaubey.

as a part of the MoU, our U17 & U19 boys,will get to play two 3-Nation Series yearly for the subsequent 4 years. It is our hope that these matches will give them ample publicity to develop and be prepared for the subsequent stage. Thank you Mr President @Yalmisehal @saudiFF

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— Kalyan Chaubey (@kalyanchaubey) October 6, 2022

The MoU was signed in Dammam.

“We will make it for three years. See it, is not that easy. One year, it may not be successful, because several unexpected challenges will come but that does not mean you stop this tournament,” he mentioned. “So it’s a 3 years factor and I’m positive year-wise we are going to do effectively.

We undoubtedly need to see what’s the tempo of enchancment, the place are we enhancing, and whether or not it’s 10% development charge or a development of fifty%. So now we have to observe it correctly.” Chaubey desires “equal pay” for women and men gamers Chaubey mentioned AIFF is planning to implement equal pay for males’s and ladies’s footballers within the nation. “I’ve realized as a former participant except you’re paid a good remuneration, you may’t really feel motivated so I really feel it is very important honor the ladies footballers.

“We will speak to various stakeholders so that we can remove the disparity of men’s and women’s football. We will ensure that.” The 45-year-old from Kolkata mentioned AIFF will give you an everyday calendar for girls’s soccer. “As part of MoU, we will create exposure matches by organizing three-nation tournaments twice in a year, so you get six matches to play,” “Once it can be in Northeast or Bangalore in India when it is hot in the middle east and in winter time we can have it in the Gulf. It will be for u-17 and u-19, initially, it will be for boys and gradually it will be for women.”

“We will give you a calendar the place the ladies can play within the ladies’s league. the best way they’re doing, we are going to quickly be ready to be Asian champions.

“This U-17 World Cup team is at a nascent stage. Once they get the confidence and if we can nurture this team, it can play the U-23 world cup and six years down the line, some of them will be known face in women’s football in the world,” he concluded.