The Nigeria professional football league(NPFL) will start the 2017
football season in December 2016 LMC chairman,Alhaji Shehu Dikko has
revealed as football enthusiasts have been in the dark about the kick
off date for the new season following the successful conclusion of the
last season.
"We are looking at December, 2016 to start the
new season,"We have told the club sides to start getting prepared and
I'm aware that some of them have been notifying their players to return
to camp for training to commence.If we get the full cooperation of the
clubs in the area of preseason formalities,the league will commence in
December". Shehu Dikko said to CompleteSportsNigeria.
According
to Dikko, the LMC wants to readjust the NPFL season to benefit Nigerian
clubs playing in the continent and players going for trials in Europe
next season.
"Our club sides have not been
doing well in CAF (Confederation Of African Football)competitions in
recent years and one of the reasons for their dismal showing is that we
start our league season in January or February of the new year which is
too late for our representatives to strike a rhythm before going on the
continent.
'Also, we want to align our season
with that of Europe so that players traveling abroad for recruitment
trails will not have to leave mid-season.We hope we can achieve that
change this time around,"Dikko said
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