Ranty’s agent sets eyes on Pal

The company once had helped East Bengal find an exposure programme through a tie-up with prominent English club Leceister FC, which however, didn’t work out though as it was planned. The company also played a key role in bringing a premier Chinese team to the city for the IFA Shield a couple of years ago.

In a recent development, the company is now learnt to be playing an instrumental role in introducing renowned English premier club Chelsea FC in Indian football through some kind of association along the lines of youth development.

Pro Sporta is now focusing on the country’s top custodian Subrata Pal, since the goalkeeper who has been in tremendous form lately, both with the club and the Indian team, and the company is looking to give the player an opportunity to test his luck abroad.

The company already has in it rolls one prominent client in Indian soccer in the form of Dempo SC prolific striker Ranty Martins. But due to contractual bindings with the Goan outfit, Ranty failed to avail of the opportunity to test himself abroad. The scope was provided by the company in the form of trials for an Irish premier club team last season. Now Empson is expecting to find clubs in Scandinavian countries this season.

Asked about Pal’s chances of getting call for selection trial abroad, Empson told The Indian Express this evening: “Yes, he is outstanding under the bars. He is also young. Having watched him perform both with the senior national team as well as with East Bengal, I hope he can get an opportunity from any club in eastern Europe. I have spoken to him. He has the desire to play abroad. Let us see whether I can find any club for him.”