Tottenham Hotspur Foundation football coach Sabrina Dias expressed satisfaction after visiting the Reliance Foundation Young Champs (RFYC) in Navi Mumbai last week. Her purpose of visiting the RFYC infrastructure was to make an assessment, engaging with fans and promote the development of football at grassroots level. 

In addition to engaging with coaches and young enthusiasts of the sport, Dias also engaged in an insightful session with the RFYC players from different age categories.

Dias said that the Reliance Foundation and their initiatives should be a benchmark for football development in India and celebrated the RFYC facility to be on par with global standards. She explained that the entire program, which propelled 12 graduates from the 2023 batch to sign professional contracts with Indian clubs, is designed in a way that takes care of an all-round, holistic development of a youngster. 

“What I saw at the Reliance Foundation Young Champs academy is excellent. I have coached for five years now. I have been to Switzerland, countries like South Korea, but I have never seen something like that. What I saw was totally excellent, and it is really good for the boys,” Dias said in an interaction.