President of ASTA: 5 of children selected for Marcet Academy can play in big clubs

5 of the children selected for the Marcet Academy have a great chance to play in big clubs in the future, according to the coaches who came to Azerbaijan from that academy, President of ASTA Football Academy Rafael Bunyatov told Report.

He said that the selected young footballers will go to Spain in September: “Experts from the Marcet Football Academy reviewed 51 youths selected by us. We did not participate in the selection, as the experts selected the players by themselves. We will send those students to Spain on September 1. They will study there for 4 years, learn Spanish and develop their football skills. Some of the children who will go there may even be involved in the academies of well-known European clubs after two years. Because at that time there will be a selection process.”

Bunyatov added that they will continue close cooperation with Marcet Football Academy: “We will continue sending students to Barcelona. Every year we will send 20 children to study for 4 years. This means we can have trained about 80-100 football players in 6-7 years we can have . We will involve most of them in Azerbaijani clubs.”