Liverpool legend thinks about opening a football academy in Dubai
Welsh star Ian Rush, the legend of Liverpool FC, expressed his happiness to visit the UAE continuously and his amazement at the beautiful and new tourist and urban facilities that he sees on every visit, and expressed his thoughts on opening a football academy in Dubai.
He confirmed in a press statement that the city is one of his favorite destinations for tourism and meeting friends.
He expressed his astonishment at the leadership of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to present more achievements and enhance the pioneering position of Dubai and his aspiration to read stories of these accomplishments through the book “My Story” by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who The famous star received him a gift from the Dubai Sports Council.
This came during his visit to the headquarters of the Dubai Sports Council and a meeting with the Secretary-General of the Council Saeed Hareb, and Nasser Aman Al Rahma, Assistant Secretary-General, where Saeed Hareb gave an explanation to the guest about the nature of the Council's work, and the efforts he exerts to manage and develop the sports sector in Dubai, both in terms of organizing conferences And major international events or the promotion of the practice of sport in general, the development of the academies sector, and the interest in discovering and developing talent.
Rush praised the Dubai International Sports Conference, in which he previously participated as a speaker and attended the last edition of the conference and the "Dubai Globe Soccer" awards ceremony as a guest, stressing that the conference plays an important role in the development of global football through meeting and dialogue between leaders of federations, clubs, coaches and players, as expressed by his happiness. With the interest that sport finds in the UAE and its aspiration to launch a sports project in the field of football academies in Dubai that bears his name.
Ian Rush is one of the most important players in British football and continues to work for Liverpool until now as an ambassador for the football schools and academies sector.
The Secretary General of the Council accompanied the big star on a tour of the council’s headquarters, which included seeing the council’s departments, the innovation laboratory, and the rest of the departments included in the council’s headquarters.
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