chennai the india under17 team is all set to enter the ileague this year after the world cup in october the team will be based in delhi and will also comprise talented under19 boys apart from under17 players the decisions were taken at all india football federation aiffs technical committee meeting on tuesdayit was also learnt that aiff is also preparing to send the team to portugal next year in a bid to prepare the team for the under20 world cup the move is aimed at following the china model where the nations under20 team is all set to play in the german fourthtier league the side is likely to play in the junior leagues of portugal from next year our present coach luis norton de matos is from portugal and it will be practical that the team play there if the plan materialises the team might take no further part in ileague from 2018 a source close to the developments confirmedaiff is also keen to take de matos help in facilitating the portugal plan and one understands the 63yearold coach is likely to get a contract extension after the world cup he is extremely mature and levelheaded so we might extend his contract but a final decision will only be taken after the under17 world cup the source saidthe technical committee meeting was attended by chairman shyam thapa henry menezes director of scouts abhishek yadav gp palguna pradip dutta ishfaq ahmed and prosanto banerjee along with aiff general secretary kushal das