'National teams my priority'
Bangladesh Football Federa-tion president Kazi Salahuddin wants to give priority to the national teams this year too and wants to send them abroad for training camps ahead of international assignments.
“The national team is my first priority. We will play the World Cup Qualifiers in the latter part of this year and will take maximum preparation for the qualifiers,” Salahuddin said yesterday while talking to media regarding his plans for 2019. “I want to send the teams to Japan, South Korea and Qatar, who are ready to provide us training facilities.”
The BFF boss, however, wanted help from the clubs regarding release of players for national duty.
“I can send teams to those three countries anytime, but it depends on the decision of clubs as to how many days they will release their players because I can't stop the league. I want at least two weeks for the national teams for preparation,” said Salahuddin.
Bangladesh under-23 team is supposed to take part in AFC U-23 Championship Qualifiers from March 18 to 26 in Bahrain while the Olympic team is expected to take part in football event of the SA Games this year. The national team will play World Cup qualifiers, also in the latter part of the year.
Salahuddin also said that they are planning to stage Bangamata (U-19) International Football tournament in April with the participation of six women's teams while the 11th edition of the Bangladesh Premier League will get underway from January 18.
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