VIDEO: Swansea’s Indian origin star Neil Taylor in Kolkata

Swansea City FC and Wales star Neil Taylor visited Kolkata on Tuesday as part of the “Kolkata Goalz” project.

“Kolkata Goalz” is a Premier Skills programme building upon the “Kickz” programme in the UK, which is a project in partnership between the British Council, the English Premier League and the Metropolitan Police which uses football as a tool to engage with and develop the skills of young people.

The 24 year old India origin left-back faced the local media upon his arrival in Kolkata and continued his visit to I-League side East Bengal’s club tent on the Kolkata Maidan where he interacted and played some football with the underprivileged footballers, coaches and co-ordinators of the “Kolkata Goalz” project.

Here is some footage of Neil’s visit to Kolkata including a few statements from the Welsh international…

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