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The Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho caused a major frenzy among Nigerian fans as he arrived in the country for a three-day visit.Mourinho arrived in Lagos on Friday as a guest of the Kwara Football Academy (KFA).Mourinho will be in the West African country from 3 - 5 July, as he seeks to encourage coaches and officials of the project run by the Kwara state government.The fans turned up to greet the former Chelsea boss and the rest of the delegation despite the fact that he arrived two hours later than announced."It is a great landmark in the history of Nigerian football as well as the KFA," Nkechi Obi, CEO of Premium Sports Marketing Services told BBC Sport."He is here with other coaches and trainers to conduct seminars and coaching clinics for indigenous coaches."We are positive that his presence will benefit the talented players in the academy and hopefully attract interest from international clubs throughout the world."Football fans, media and everyone involved with football will enjoy photograph and autograph sessions with the 'Special One' on this trip."The trip facilitated by DanJan Sports is widely seen as an opportunity to expose the Kwara Football Academy (KFA) to the rest of the world."The KFA epitomises what a perfect football academy truly is and Gestafute are happy to be associated with them," David Omigie of DanJan Sports explained."We have seen what the visit of Manchester United and Portsmouth gave to Nigeria as a country in the past."The coming of Mourinho and KFA will bring a lot of positive attention to football in the country once again.Former Nigeria coach Clemence Westerhof is the director of the Kwara Football Academy which is in Ilorin, the capital of Nigeria's Kwara State.Source: BBC
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