Nigerian League and Spanish La Liga sign 5 years Agreement

The Nigerian football league managed by the League Management Company (LMC) and the Spanish La Liga have completed the signing of a five-year technical and commercial partnership deal.

Shehu Dikko, Chairman of the LMC,  signed the agreement on behalf of the Nigerian League while La Liga President, Javier Tebas, signed for the Spanish League, Complete Sports reports.

“We are pleased to be leading the reforms and to achieve that, we decided to align with global best practices by emulating those doing things well and right,” said Dikko, who stressed that the landmark agreement will help improve the Nigerian game.

“We have a lot to learn and benefit from the La Liga and we believe that the La Liga also has some things to learn from us.

“There is a fight for the heart and pocket of Nigerians to love and buy into our domestic football league and La Liga is ready to work with us on that. Stakeholders are already getting interested as they have seen one of the best leagues in the world associating with us.

“This will help us move forward and many more good things will follow. We shall move from this point to a point where we will in turn begin to support other leagues in Africa.”

The five-year agreement will focus marketing and capacity development of the Nigerian league, including training for coaches and club administrators; inter-club exchanges and other commercial activities.

Credit: Complete Sports