A scouting programme/tournament organised by Cardinal Football Academy Port Harcourt and Ude Sport Management Ltd will be held across Nigeria as from July, allnigeriasoccer.com reports.

The nationwide talent scouting programme comprising the Southwestern states will hold in Ibadan on July 13-23, while the exercise for the Northern states is scheduled to begin in Abuja on August 1 and ends August 7.

Talent spotters will begin running the rule over aspiring footballers in the South South and South East from August 10 to August 20.

Four international scouts based in Europe will arrive in Nigeria on September 22 to select sixteen players who will travel to Europe for an invitational tournament by November 2021.

A cash prize of N1.8 million will be the sum given to the three zones for the winners of the tournament.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel