Anglian Holdings, an NRI owner multi-national corporation, acquired 25% stake in Shillong Lajong, an I-League club currently placed tenth on the table.

Lajong have also joined hands with Denmark’s FC Vestsjælland, who are so to say a sister club with Anglian Holdings being the shareholder.

“We want to set an example in Indian football through our youth development programmes. We want players from our academy to shape the future of Indian football,”  Larsing Ming, the general secretary of Lajong said.

“We have long-term plans with both clubs. We want to see young Indians being capable of competing at the highest level,” Dhruv Ratra, CEO of the company’s sports and marketing division said.

“We will be actively engaged in scouting, training and promoting football talent, using Lajong and FCV as channels to take Indian football to the world,” added Ratra.