Indian Football Reports exclusive interview with Wealth Sports Management's football agent Antonio Ribeiro in association with Optob Interviews. Excerpts...
1. Your best deal so far in India
Ans: At the moment the only deal I made in ISL was Luis Machado for North East United.
2. Which Indian & Foreigner player you like in ISL ?
Ans: Apuia is a talented player, for obvious reasons I saw him play all the games and i truly believe he can play in Europe but first he needs to understand better the game. Foreinger? Luis Machado, of course. He was the best.
3. Your views on Indian Football ?
Ans: I think Indian football is on a good level at the moment, it was a good surprise for me. High level of organization and there is good talents there, they only need to develop. The foreigners are being essencial to this process as well. The Indian football will be one of the top leagues in Asia in 5-6 years.
4. What you will say on Luis Machado's last season performance ?
Ans: Might be suspicious but for me Luis was the best of NorthEast United and one of the bests in the league. Never one player make his stats on the first season at NEUFC, 22 games, 7 goals and 3 assists. Beside that he had amazing performances and entertain always the fans with his skills.
5. Can we see more players from your agency joining ISL ?
Ans: Yes for sure. There are many good teams at ISL so will be always a league where I want to work, no doubt.
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