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Blackburn plan club, academy in Pune

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NEW DELHI: The Indian owners of English Premier League club Blackburn Rovers say they are planning to start a club and feeder academy in the western Indian city of Pune.

“We are getting an academy and a stadium in Pune,” the Pune-based poultry giant Venky’s director B Balaji Rao was quoted as saying on Friday, adding it “will be ready in a year and a half or two years.”

Rao said the club will be known as Blackburn Rovers FC Pune and intended to play in India’s professional I-League.

“We are looking to launch a team based around players from the academy. The academy will be run exactly like the Blackburn academy, with trainees starting when they are in the 11-12 age group, and train under coaches from Blackburn,” he said.

Blackburn is also planning an exhibition match against a local team in Pune on July 22 and will field its top players like Chris Samba, Paul Robinson, Martin Olsson and Ryan Nelsen for different teams in a local tournament on July 23.

Asked about Blackburn’s potential transfer targets for the season, Rao did not want to comment on any names.

“We’re looking for a good striker and a good midfielder,” he said. (Agencies)

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