Football: Inter to open schools in Indonesia

JAKARTA: Inter Milan will open football schools in Indonesia following a trend started by Arsenal and Liverpool. “We are planning to build several football schools here,” club chief executive Ernesto Paolillo told reporters. “Indonesia is very important for us because the country has a lot of Inter fans.” Local media showed images of the team arriving at the airport in Jakarta, where throngs of fans greeted them. The club claims to have 15 million fans in the country of 240 million people. “It’s the first time I’ve been to this country and it’s a real honour,” said captain Javier Zanetti.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 24^th, 2012.