By Jagannath Chatterjee New Delhi, Sep 2 : The President of Football Delhi, Shaji Prabhakaran is believed to be the General Secretary of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) A person with knowledge of the process in the AIFF informed IANS on Friday.
Prabhakaran who was in the front of the group of people who wanted to see a change in the workings of the AIFF and did not participate in the AIFF elections that took place on Friday.
The decision in this regard could be taken at the meeting of the executive committee of AIFF scheduled for Saturday.
The AIFF elections that took place on Friday on Friday, ex- India goalkeeper Kalyan Chaubey was voted the President following he defeated football legend Bhaichung Bhutia by an amount of 33-1.
Prabhakaran Prabhakaran, who began his professional career with AIFF as the Director of Vision and the national team as well as working with FIFA.Then, he got elected as the President of Delhi Soccer Association, now known as Football Delhi.
In an interview with IANS, Prabhakaran, who was convinced of Kalyan Chaubey being the AIFF President, had stated that his sole goal was to see change happen and to support the development and growth of Indian football, and that he will continue to do everything I could in the best interests of Indian football.
“My goal from the AIFF team is that as the team is new will receive the best guidance and support from anyone is possible and I will be available for any kind of assistance.
This way, we can progress and create a positive and welcoming environment in which Indian football receives the right news in the context of going forward,” he had said.
The transition has taken place in AIFF and a new AIFF team under the direction of Chaubey has been appointed The decision to appoint Prabhakaran as the General Secretary could be made at the executive committee’s meeting.
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