TFA to play in Germany, plans of tie-pus
Indian Express  — June 2, 2004

Aiming to repeat the success stories of Indian soccer colts in the Milk Cup and Ian Rush trophy last year, the Tata Football Academy boys would take part in the invitational youth tournament, Harlem, cup to be held in Germany in July this year. Besides the foreign exposure. TFA was planning to tie-up with overseas clubs for players’ exchange programme and to facilitate trials by TFA cadets in those outfits, Satish Pillai, chief of TFA and sports division of Tata Steel told PTI. “It’s not our intention to only feed the clubs in Kolkata and Goa, but we want to see our cadets playing in foreign outfits as well,” Pillai said. TFA was also looking for a full-time quality foreign coach for the academy, he added.