Real Madrid star Gareth Bale applauds Virat Kohli and Luis Figo on Premier Futsal venture

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Gareth Bale and Virat Kohli are business partners

Real Madrid striker Gareth Bale has congratulated Indian cricketing superstar Virat Kohli and former Ballon d’Or winner Luis Figo for their Premier Futsal venture. The world's most expensive signing applauded the pair on Twitter, a consequence of his business partnership with Kohli in their ‘Sport Convo’ venture.

Luis Figo and Virat Kohli have launched ‘Premier Futsal’ in India, with Sport Convo also becoming a stakeholder. Gareth Bale applauded the pair on Twitter, joking that the pairing of Kohli and Figo is a ‘Galacticos’ team he is sure to support.

Bale and Kohli have had a business relationship since December 2015, when the duo paired up for Sport Convo. Upon joining, Bale said, “Quite an interesting story really, I have been a fan of cricket for ages and started following Virat Kohli, we got talking over social and he mentioned this idea called "Sport Convo" that he was starting, he sent me more detail on it and I instantly really liked it.”

Figo was recently in India to launch Premier Futsal

The Real Madrid legend was in India to launch the Premier Futsal league a few days back. Premier Futsal is a multinational tournament that will take place across 8 city-based franchisees in India from the 15th to the 24th of July.

Upon the launch, Figo stressed the importance of futsal for youth development, saying “When I was young, I had a futsal pitch behind my house so I used to play with my friends a lot. The one on one skills required in futsal helped me in professional football as well. It’s not a new sport, it is a historic sport. We wish to give an opportunity to the fans to witness this.”

However, AIFF and FIFA have voiced opposition for the creation of the league, noting that it is not official, although the Associacion Mundial de Futsal (AMF) have backed it, with AMF vice-president Namdev Shirgaonkar saying “Both AMF and FAI are firmly behind Premier Futsal. I believe Premier Futsal will lead to development of talent at the grassroots level in the country and will boost the sport's future in India.”

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