Abahani fly in 3 foreigners
Abahani flew in three foreign footballers for trial in a bid to strengthening their squad for the AFC Cup, which will starts in March.
Of the three foreigners, Brazilian-born Vietnamese attacking midfielder Rodrigo Moto and Iranian forward Milad Behgardom arrived on Thursday while Japanese midfielder Seiya Kojima arrived a few days ago. All three watched yesterday's Independence Cup quarterfinal between Abahani and Arambagh at the Bangabandhu National Stadium.
Each of the participating teams in the AFC Cup are eligible to play three foreign players from outside Asia and one player from Asia, apart from the local players. Abahani already have four foreign players -- Nigerians Sunday Chizoba and Emeka Darlington, Ghanaian Samad Yussif and Gambian Landing Darboe -- all of whom played for the club in the Federation Cup and the Bangladesh Premier League. The Sky Blues are now looking to fulfilling the Asian quota by roping in one player before sending the final squad list to the AFC by February 6.
"I came here yesterday for the first time. I'm happy to be here. Abahani are a very good team. I will try my best to get into the main team," said Rodrigo.
“Our legend Nasser Hejazi coached here, so I have learnt that the standard of football in Bangladesh is good and I came here to get a chance to play for Abahani,” said Behgardom.
"I have been here for only 3-4 days, so I can't say anything about the club yet. The weather is nice and I will try my best to get the opportunity to play the AFC Cup,” said Kojima during the interval of yesterday's match.
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