PANAJI
Dempo Sports Club have announced the reopening of their residential football academy in Ella, Old Goa.
After much deliberation, the idea of the restart was discussed in detail, and after ensuring that the health and wellbeing of each player and staff involved was well catered to, a decision was taken, to commence operations of the academy from January 30.
In totality, there will be 48 players returning to the complex, with 24 in each of the Under-15 and Under-18 age-group teams. Speaking about the restart, Shrinivas Dempo, Chairman of the Dempo Group, said, “We have been primarily contemplating a restart to life at the academy for some time now. The overriding priority has always been the health and well-being of all the staff and players involved. Sports teaches us to deal with hardships and this is nothing different, just a challenge to overcome. I’m excited to see the boys back at the facility and as always, will be following their professional and personal development very closely.”
Anju Turambekar, Technical Director of the club, added, “After all these challenging months, we are excited to get our boys back to the Academy. As we resume, we will be considering the physical and psychological welfare of our boys. We will be conducting a battery of tests in the first few weeks to gauge their current levels and take it from there. We will slowly build up their capacities and look to be ready once the competitions resume.”
