With a DStv Premiership side having secured a stunning new partnership, it could see more South African players making moves to Europe.
Cape Town Spurs officially announced its a new strategic alliance with Core Sports Capital (CSC), an organisation that owns and manages football clubs with a high growth potential.
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CSC's stable of clubs is headed by Ligue 1 side Clermont Foot 63. The club were promoted to the country's top flight for the first-time-ever in 2021.
The other two clubs associated with CSC are SC Austria Lustenau and Swiss side FC Biel-Bienne who play in the third Division.
"CT Spurs F.C and CSC's mission, is to improve talent identification and development and to prepare players for the reality of European Football," te Cape Town-based club said in a statement.
To help achieve this goal, the Urban Warriors revealed that Young Bafana Academy, a club based in Somerset West, has also been identified as an alliance partner.
"Sharing training methods, facilitating CT Spurs and the 3 clubs in Europe for staff visits and exchanging of players is high on the agenda," the statement added.
"The spread of clubs in different countries and divisions allow players to fit into a club or league that will best suit them depending on the level required for their personal development on and off the field."
??CLUB ANNOUNCEMENT ?? COLLABORATION!ROAD TO EUROPE OPENS UP!For more info visit https://t.co/dcLScHCE6k@YoungBafana @ClermontFoot @AustriaLustenau @fcbielbienne pic.twitter.com/pVvIWpjqHV
— Cape Town Spurs FC (@CapeTownSpursFC) February 29, 2024
CEO of CT Spurs Alexi Efstathiou expressed enthusiasm at the new-found collaboration.
"We are very pleased to announce the relationship with CSC. The link up with European clubs was high on our priority list once we were promoted back to the PSL," Efstathiou said.
"The added pathways that this will bring to our academy players is invaluable as they can now set their sights on achieving their European dreams with a club that is within their midst.
"No longer should they be thinking of only the PSL. If they work hard enough, live the correct lifestyle and get themselves up to the required physical levels that European football demands, there is no reason that they cannot make it abroad.
"We have talented players in the country, we just need to prepare them better for the demands of international football." he added.
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