NEWHOPE Naija/Henry 707 Sport Scouting Championship to debut in Lagos

By Editor

The maiden edition of the NEWHOPE/Henry 707 Sports Limited is set to light up Lagos, as every modality has been put in place for a three-day world-class scouting championship, taking place in Lagos next week.

The world-class football scouting programme, put together by NEWHOPE Naija FC in conjunction with Henry 707 Sport Limited, will not only expose and give young, gifted players a platform to showcase their talents. It will also make them better people in society.

The three-day football fiesta, which is coordinated by one of Nigeria’s most heavenly-gifted and experienced FIFA CIES Alumni and football consultants, James Adebayo, and Henry 707, will present one of the biggest scouting programmes. It is taking place from 27th to 29th April, at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, Lagos.

Tournament coordinator, Adebayo, has said that with the quality of teams, club directors and football scouts coming from different parts of the world, he is optimistic that players that will be picked from this programme will go on to be global stars.

“Twelve teams will be participating in this programme, and before we picked the teams, we went round to see the set-up and structure of the teams. We made sure that the teams have very young players who are suitable for this programme. And with what I saw from the teams and players, I am totally convinced, we will have a programme that will live in our memories for a long time,” James said.

“We have club, vice presidents, football directors, scouts coming from various parts of Europe and other parts of the world to Lagos for this epic event, so without any iota of doubt, this programme will produce future stars.”

The participating teams have been drawn into different groups, with winners of each group qualifying for the semi-finals and battling for a place in the finals.

Winners of the scouting championship will go home with a cash prize of five hundred thousand naira (N500,000), plus a trophy, while the second-placed team will get a cash reward of two hundred thousand naira only (N200,000). The most valuable player and best goalkeeper will smile home with cash prizes of Fifty thousand naira each (N50, 000).