Bandung Mayor Ridwan Kamil. Image: ANTARA/aacc2015/Widodo S. Jusuf
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Bandung City Administration is ready to make an agreement with a Premier League Club, Liverpool, to construct a football academy. "The British Government endorses sports diplomacy. The most prepared club to start the academy is Liverpool," said Bandung Mayor Ridwan Kamil on Tuesday, July 28, 2015.
"The [academy] will be more than just a sport. It will also help develop character education," Ridwan said.
Ridwan Kamil added that the Memorandum of Understanding with Liverpool FC will be finalized in the next three months. "Therefore, the academy can open in the second semester [of 2015]," Ridwan said.
Moreover, Ridwan expected that Liverpool can discover local talents that can play on the international level.
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