Indian Football: The Arena awaiting Stephen Constantine’s approval

India coach Stephen Constantine and assistant coach Shanmugham Venkatesh are to visit ‘The Arena’ in Ahmedabad this week.

The idea being to inspect the facility on whether it can be used to host Indian national team’s camps and friendlies.

It is believed that All India Football Federation (AIFF) officials too would visit the stadium in the coming months to see if the stadium fits the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) criterion.

‘The Arena’ was launched by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi in June this year.

TransStadia, the company who built the stadium, have a state-of- the-art Sports Rehabilitation Centre at the venue as well.