The Indian Football team captain, Bhaichung Bhutia has revealed that he has plans to set up a football academy in the state of Kerala.
Bhutia plans to start works for his academy after retirement from football. He says that he dreams of setting up one of Asia's best academies of football here in India.
Bhutia, the most capped Indian footballer considers Kerala as the most desirable state for the Academy. He plans to discuss the matter with the Kerala Government. Bhaichung prefers Kerala over Kolkata due to the availability of land.
Bhaichung also informed that he will seek the help of his former teammates and friends, IM Vijayan and Joe Paul Anchery, to assist him in the proceedings.
From the archive. First published on footballkerala.com on Saturday 19 September 2009, restored from the site's 2012 database. Text as originally published.