After four months at TFA where Thapa felt there wasn’t much to do, the former East Bengal and Mohun Bagan striker wants to develop an academy in the north eastern India.
“I met Bimal Gurung of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha and explained to him of the footballing history we have from that Hill region. Earlier, we had players like Ram Bahadur and many more and but there aren’t many players coming up from the region.
“We spoke of an academy and he has asked me for a budget. Gurung is a football lover,” informed Thapa.
The plan is to involve several ex-players from the Hill region in coaching programmes and a residential academy is also being thought of.
“Siliguri seems to be a good place for an academy. I shall travel for the next two or three months and speak to the ex-players and discuss the plan in detail,” added Thapa.
Sourcegoal.com
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