How is that possible, clubs have super accurate scouting programs, how can they ignore a whole country?
Indian national team will be held back as long as they ban dual citizenship though
Dual citizenship does not fix the grassroots development, building talent in house will develop the sport and will be sustainable.
No offense but many countries with much less resources are far more interesting from footballing point of view.
name 3 indian footballers ever
Don’t tell the British
Based on the support Messi gets , it’s true
There’s pandering and then there’s pandering.
Has Wenger never heard of cricket?, cos it’s the only sport they really care about, there’s no room for anything else
Really optimistic about Indian Football. There are signs but hoping we actually have something to show.
Sunil Chetri is so under appreciated
who
Even before that : it’s a mystery why no english player of indian background has made it to the highest level
Danny batth comes to mind
Jimmy Carter, who played for Liverpool and Arsenal?
Michael Chopra?
We’re all too fat
Roti and ghee from day 1 is what I put a lot of it down to ngl
There are several factors but racism plays a big part. Even in cricket, South Asian origin players in England face a lot of institutional racism, despite the fact that British South Asians have been integral to England winning World Cups and Ashes, and three different countries in the Indian subcontinent had won the World Cup before England did.
There is also a traditional view in Indian culture that pursuing a career in sport might be seen as throwing away an education, so while it’s not as prevalent anymore it still plays a factor in it.
Neil Taylor might actually be the most successful British Indian player with a League Cup medal
Not indian but Hamza Choudhury is South Asian and has played a few prem seasons
And corrupt politicians and lackeys will be right there to stifle its potential!
“How can we monetise a billion people?” - FIFA
FIFA getting ready to fund the Mars colonisation
“How can we monetise another billion people?” - FIFA
FTFY
A World Cup in China.
This is what I’m saying! Don’t go back to the Khaleejis for 2034, get in on the Indians or Chinese. So many potential kids to be inspired
Inspiring kids means money into the pockets of future executives. Infantino has a palace in Qatar he needs to maintain. Do you have any idea what kind of maintenance costs that thing has? Feeding slaves ain’t cheap these days. He can’t risk it all on a gamble to inspire someone and make more money in the future. He needs a consistent safe paycheck, and he knows the Saudis pay handsomely and they pay in USD.
china try hard to not be
I gotta figure out how to make money on this thing, it’s simply too good!
Is that not a good thing? Am I missing something?
It’s a joke lol
They will have to fight hard with ICC & BCCI
They really won’t, ICC and BCCI shit all over Indian fans and provide a shit product because they know there is no real competition.
Before anyone gets excited he means that literally, FIFA wants to operate gold mines in India.
This is the best comment I’ve read on Reddit in ages. Well done
KGFC
Lmao sadly this could actually be real news.
Ballon d’ors gotta come from somewhere
Smh, the real value in India is the cheap call centres
Lol at the mods on here.
Casual racism, I can tell that you’re proud of it
Just misspoke, meant “exploited”
FIFA wants to operate gold mines in India.
Ha, smart move. Cut out the middle man and go for the gold directly. More money for FIFA!
He literally wants to explode Indians.
Edit: Fuck I can‘t read, it says explored not explode.
Today I feel gold
Infantino covered in gold powder literally would look like Gold Dust.
Gold Minger
I imagine Infantino saying this, then smiling big to show that he has 3 gold teeth…
Kolar FC shirt sponsor FIFA
FIFA and UEFA would somehow double the amount of fixtures if India starts watching football.