Song Lam Nghe An works with Japanese Club on youth football development

The Japanese club agreed to sign a cooperation agreement with Song Lam Nghe An as soon as possible. Photo: Duc Anh

Afternoon of May 31, at the ClubLam River Nghe An, a delegation from Mito Hollyhock Club (Japan) visited, learned about, and worked with Song Lam Nghe An Club to sign a cooperation agreement between the two sides.

Attending the meeting were Mr. Tran Quoc Tuan - President of Vietnam Football Federation; Nguyen Minh Ngoc - General Director of VPF.

On the side of Mito Hollyhock Club (Japan), there was Mr. Sano Motonori - Head of Cooperation Department; members of the delegation.

Welcoming the delegation of Mito Hollyhock Club (Japan) on the side of Song Lam Nghe An Club were Mr. Truong Manh Linh - General Director of the Club; Nguyen Dinh Nghia - Deputy General Director, Director of the Club's Youth Football Training Center.

Song Lam Nghe An is a club with a long tradition in Vietnamese football. Since the establishment of the V.League, Song Lam Nghe An has never been relegated. In addition, Nghe An Club is also known as the cradle of youth football training in the country. It has produced many great stars for national football.

From 2021, when the new sponsor Tan Long took over, Song Lam Nghe An wanted to aim for the club's sustainable development, in which youth training was the foundation. To successfully implement that strategy, Song Lam Nghe An Club found that Mito Hollyhock was a club with many similarities. In particular, although this club is only competing in the Japanese Second Division, it always focuses on youth football development. Over the years, Mito Hollyhock has produced many high-quality players, providing them to clubs competing in the J.League and the National Team. With the above highlights, Song Lam Nghe An hopes that the two sides will have deeper cooperation in the future.

Mr. Tran Quoc Tuan presented a souvenir to the Mito Hollyhock Club. Photo: Duc Anh

At the meeting, Mr. Truong Manh Linh - General Director of Song Lam Nghe An proposed that Mito Hollyhock Club facilitate the transfer of training programs; send experts to train Song Lam Nghe An coaches; organize matches between two youth teams of the same age between the two clubs; welcome Song Lam Nghe An youth football teams to train before youth football tournaments organized by the Vietnam Football Federation; exchange and rotate players between the two sides...

On the side of Mito Hollyhock Club, Mr. Sano Motonori - Head of Cooperation Department, agreed with the proposals from Song Lam Nghe An, and at the same time, hoped that in the near future, the youth football teams of Mito Hollyhock will be able to come to Vietnam to have the opportunity to learn more about the football environment here; helping young Japanese players feel the hardships of Nghe An strikers, from there return to make more efforts in training...

Speaking at the meeting, Mr. Tran Quoc Tuan highly appreciated the development strategy of Song Lam Nghe An. The President of the Vietnam Football Federation affirmed that Song Lam Nghe An Club's proactive creation of cooperative links with Mito Hollyhock in youth training is the right direction, promising to open up a breakthrough development for Nghe An football in particular and Vietnamese football in general in the future.

Mr. Tran Quoc Tuan also hopes that after this working session, the two sides will sign a cooperation agreement. Mito Hollyhock Club will help Song Lam Nghe An promote youth football training, perfect the organizational model, increase professionalism in football activities, thereby helping the first team develop in line with the expectations of Nghe An football fans./.