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Ocean 11. No, not the movie, but a football team to be based in New Caledonia. The A-League may have a new entrant from New Caledonia if ex-France 1998 World Cup football winner Christian Karembeu has his way.
Christian Karembeu is heading a consortium “Ocean 11 FC” to be entered into the 2012 HAL season, if all goes to plan.
Some corporates in France are warming to Christian Karembeu’s concept and will supply the finance and football academy expertise for the new club in New Caledonia.
However, the question remains: is this football team a current work in progress, or a real player for the HAL?
Maybe yes, maybe not.
The Ocean 11 FC consortium, after witnessing the All Whites amazing run of success, gate crashing through the Asian Confederation into the South Africa’s FIFA 2010 World Cup, are eager to do the same.
Or match them, at the very least.
Christian Karembeu is right – it would be near impossible to overcome the All Whites dominance if the status quo remains the way it is, unless something is done to counter what the Phoenix FC are doing on the behalf of New Zealand football.
The All Whites will have exclusive rights to the Oceania National Football Championship title if there is no other formidable contender in the South Pacific region of nations to keep up with them.
There is a huge disadvantage for the other smaller island nations, like Fiji, Solomon Islands, and any other Island member nation that makes up the Oceania confederation, which has no participation in any fulltime professional football league.
I believe the Ocean 11 FC entering into the HAL can be a good thing, especially as it will advance football in the South Pacific region.
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