President
of the Gambia Football Federation Lamin Kabba Bajo has hit the button making
another monumental breakthrough for the GFF following his meeting with the
president of Spanish Football Federation on Wednesday in Madrid.
Mr.
Bajo is in Madrid, Spain at the invitation of the Spanish FA President Mr. Luis
Rubiales. The visit follows his earlier visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in
January 2020 when he was initially invited as a Special Guest by his Spanish
counterpart for the cup final where the two presidents discussed on a wide
range of matters for the mutual benefits of the two federations.
Key
amongst the recent Madrid meeting was the agreement to establish a bilateral
cooperation between the two federations for the development of the game in
their respective countries.
During
the high table convergence, Bajo and Rubiales further agreed to put up a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to be signed which will detail the various
areas of cooperation.
The
two Football Association (FA) presidents agreed to work on Technical which will
encompass training and attachment of coaches, referees and Administrators,
Women’s and Youth football , Infrastructure development, test matches and training camps for the
Gambia Senior National Team and other categories of national teams, Club
Licensing and Professionalization of the domestic League and exchange visits.
This
giant stride is the second in two months where the GFF President inked a
cooperation to broaden opportunity for the Gambia and open up new avenues for
the football family in the country.
It
could be recalled that Mr. Bajo had a similar cooperation with the Saudi FA in
January 2020 when he visited the Kingdom at the invitation of the Spanish FA.
The Jeddah meeting availed the GFF boss signed
a bilateral cooperation with the Saudi FA for the first time in the history of
Gambian football for the GFF to ink partnership with an Asian country which
amongst others includes the hosting of Gambia national team on training camps,
providing support in technical areas like refereeing, coaching and
infrastructure.
The
recent Madrid visit precedes Mr. Bajo’s earlier meetings with both the
President of the Spanish FA Luis Rubiales and the Director of international
Relations for the Spanish FA Jorge Mowincle Sagnier on the possibilities of
forging cooperation between the two federations
Source-GFF
