Inter Milan to launch UAE football academy

FOOTBALLING GREATS: Inter Milan are in negotiations with Hydra Properties to launch a football academy. (Getty Images)

Italian soccer giants Inter Milan are to launch a football academy in Abu Dhabi, ArabianBusiness.com can exclusively reveal.

The current Serie A champions are in final negotiations with Hydra Properties to build a special academy in the Hydra City development in the UAE capital, which also includes the Golf Walk project.

Under the terms of the deal, it is believed that young soccer players from all UAE clubs would have the chance to enter the academy - and be sent to Inter Milan for part of their training.

Inter Milan superstars such as Patrick Vierra, Luís Figo and Zlatan Ibrahimović are expected to make visits to the academy as part of the training programme for UAE youngsters.

“We want to give the youngsters in the UAE a chance to really shine on the world stage. Many of them are very talented, but don’t have the right opportunities," Hydra Properties CEO Sulaiman Al Fahim told ArabianBusiness.com.

"With this academy, they will have the chance to go and train with a club like Inter Milan. I hope than in a few years time we can produce an international star from the UAE, playing for one of the biggest clubs in the world."

Hydra did not reveal the financial details of the deal or when the academy might open.

Founded in 1908, Inter are one of the most successful clubs in Italian footballing history having collected fifteen Scudetti, five Coppa Italia, three Uefa cups and two European cups throughout their long and illustrious history. They are currently top of Serie A.

English football greats Manchester United have been running an academy in Dubai since 2005.

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