Former Super Eagles captain Austin Jay Jay Okocha has expressed his desire to discover a budding talent capable of stepping into his shoes in Lagos.
Okocha declared this on Saturday at the opening ceremony of a new 5-aside football pitch sited at Lagos State Development and Property Corporation (LSDPC) Estate, Meiran, Ojokoro, Lagos.
The new pitch is part of Bundesliga’s programme for global pitch refurbishment activation in support of football, with the novel event tagged “Common Ground”.
The Bundesliga legend noted the facility will “keep the youth away from trouble.”
He promised to visit the pitch “from time to time.”
The community also noted the structure will help curb menace while promising to maintain it.
“Bundesliga didn’t just put this here.
“They are exposing us to the world,” a representative of the youth said.
Popular rapper Dr SID declared the new pitch is a great boost for development of grassroots football in Nigeria.
According to Assistant Marketing Director of StarTimes, Abosede Adewara, the pitch is one of many developmental projects to be executed by Bundesliga in Nigeria.
“I won’t like to spill the beans now but this is just the beginning of many more projects like this.
“We are in Meiran, Ojokoro, today, it could be Surulere, Apapa or anywhere else tomorrow,” she confirmed.
