Why FC Ifeanyi Ubah Signed 10 Brazilians

FC Ifeanyi Ubah club chairman, Chukwuma Ubah has revealed why the club decided to invest in the Brazilian players that are soon to sign.

 The six Brazilians arrived at the Murtala Mohammed airport today, Tuesday, January 20 to have trials with the club before putting pen to paper.

Eze Okafor, the man who brokered the deal for the players (left) and club Chairman Chukwuma Ubah (right)

 

The foreigners were met by press men as they arrived Nigeria. Four players and two technical crew members arrived.

Chukwuma Ubah hailed the historic event which he said will help spur other Nigerian clubs to sign elite foreigners and help Brazilians follow the Nigerian Premier League.

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He said:“This season we decided that even if you are a Messi or Ronaldo, you have to touch the ball in Nigeria. We have insisted that who ever must play for us must touch the ball and after they must have gone through the trials then we will determine who will be signed.”

“If you agree with me, Ifeanyi Ubah (club owner) is someone that goes for near perfection, we know only God is perfect, we try to put finesse in anything we do. We don’t go for little measures, we aim so high. 

“As it is, out target is to bring good football into Nigeria and it is an opportunity for anyone who will be playing with them to learn from them.”

A cross section of the players on arrival

Team co-ordinator  Ese Okafor, an Anambra indigene based in Brazil said: “FC  Ifeanyi Ubah is a very good team even before we started talking about getting Brazilians to Nigeria and I told I will do my to bring good Brazilians that can change the Nigerian league so that other international people will watch the Nigerian league. 

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“This guys who came here are very serious people, they are not here to joke. They knew where Ifeanyi Ubah ended last year and they said they will make a very big impact and to  carry the league as well. 

“Not only in the Nigerian league but they want to go continental as well.”

Talking about the chances of the players making an impact in Nigeria and in their home country, he said it is only in the Nigerian league that Brazilians are not found and hopes their presence will attract more viewers for the league.

The players head to the team bus (FC Ifeanyi Ubah)

members of FC Ifeanyi Ubah club management with the players on their arrival

He continued: “It is only in the Nigerian league that Brazilian players are not playing for many years.

“Because they do not have a proposal like this before and the fact that they have stepped in through Ifeanyi Ubah will make all Nigerians and Brazilians to watch the club and make them be focusing and monitoring the Nigerian league. 

“I can see that at the end of the league, there will be very good news for the Nigerian league and not only Ifeanyi Ubah.”

The team owned by business mogul Ifeanyi Ubah ended in the 11th position last season as they could only manage 50 points from 38 games.

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