Chennai City FC enters into partnership with Finnish club

Chennai City FC, an I-League team, has entered into a partnership with Finnish club JS Hercules with an aim to provide its local players a chance to train and play in Europe.

The tie-up was announced here today by Chennai City FC owner Rohit Ramesh and JS Hercules chairman Mikko Perala.

The Chennai club, which finished eighth in the recently- concluded I-League, and the Finnish third-tier side, announced a series of on and off-field collaborations.

As a first step, four Chennai City players -- Soosai Raj, Edwin, Nandakumar and Beauti -- will travel to Oulu in Finland to train with the JS Hercules team for a period of one month, Ramesh told

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