|
VIDEO: 
INFORMATION: ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada -- The Grenada Football Association (GFA) appointed Marlon Glean as its first-ever Football Ambassador on Saturday.
Glean, an attorney and a former GFA Vice President, will be responsible for promoting the GFA and the sport internationally, assist in marketing and supporting Grenada Football Association through his extensive personal contacts and relations overseas.
"We expect him to use his connection in facilitating and bringing talent experts to Grenada, promoting opportunities and ideas for, awareness building, and general marketing of Grenada Football Association in Grenada and abroad" said GFA President Cheney Joseph. "Mr. Glean has consistently been attracting and promoting football and opportunities for coaching, training and playing football overseas for Grenadian players and coaches for many years and we are simply formalizing what he has been doing as a patriot."
Joseph believes the time is right to advance football in the country and that Glean, a former national youth and senior team player and the Chief Executive Officer of Marlon Glean Soccer Academy, is best-suited to lead that charge.
"Grenada needs to create many more international linkages and this is our opportunity to create a synergy with the Diaspora," Joseph commented. "For too many years we have been talking but no actions taken and with this new appointment, there is the opportunity for a launching pad to take Grenada football forward."
In related news, the GFA Executive Committee is awaiting the government's response on a request to acquire lands for the construction of its headquarters. The administration has been working to secure all the required documents to meet a deadline, which will allow for some discussions at the FIFA level.
A Goal Project Committee, headed by Mr. Ken Whiteman, has been established and it has been working towards obtaining all the requisite approvals ahead of an early September deadline.
