Arsenal legend joins coaching trio in Kenya for week long training of local coaches

Arsenal trained-coaching staff jetted in to the country to help talent identification skills among Kenyan coaches as the country targets participation in the World Cup 2022 to be held in Qatar.
The Arsenal coaching team will be joined on Thursday by club Legend ‘Lauren’ (Laurean Bisan Etamé-Mayer).
Lauren is remembered as a key member of the ‘Invincibles’ Arsenal team that won the English Premier League with 49 games unbeaten in the 2003/2004 season.
He played right-back and made 241 appearance for Arsenal between 2000 and 2007.
side Arsenal are in Kenya courtesy of leading sports betting company SportPesa.
The week-long training session to be attended by 50 coaches from local premier league teams and will be held at Kenya School of Monetary Studies, Nairobi.
 
This is the second such coaching clinic to be held in the country following a similar one held in May 2016 as part of SportPesa’s partnership with Arsenal.
James Colinese, Arsenal’s lead coach, said: 
SportPesa CEO Ronald Karauri said that exposure to international best practices is key if Kenya is to realize its goal of reaching the football World Cup in 2022 slated for Qatar.
 
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Aside from being trained on talent identification, the course, which comprises of both practical and theory lessons, will also focus on defensive play and conditioning. 
For the first time, the training camp will also be attended by coaches from all the 16 teams in the local womens’ premier league.