MUMBAI: Monday 21 July is a big day for
Indian soccer. The excitement associated with
the Indian Premier League player selection
process by the various team owners annually is
all set to hit Indian football, as the first player
draft for the Star India and IMG-Reliance
promoted Hero MotoCorp Indian Super League
(ISL) gets underway. Up for grabs will be
domestic footballers and the various teams will
be putting up their bids to acquire them until
Wednesday.
While the draft will be done along the lines of
Major League Soccer of US, two franchises -
Videocon Group owned Goa team and
Bollywood actor John Abraham’s Guwahati
team - will not be participating in it. Reason:
the two have already selected their players
from their respective I-League teams namely
Dempo, Salgoancars and Shillong Lajong.
According to a PTI report, a total of 92 players
will be available to the franchises at the draft.
The list includes 32 players from the I-League
clubs (on loan) and the rest are players who
have been directly signed for the central pool
by IMG-Reliance. Among those are players like
internationals Gourmangi Singh and Nirmal
Chetri. http://www.indiantelevision.com/television/tv-channels/sports/hero-motocorp-isl-player-draft-on-21-july-140721
Indian soccer. The excitement associated with
the Indian Premier League player selection
process by the various team owners annually is
all set to hit Indian football, as the first player
draft for the Star India and IMG-Reliance
promoted Hero MotoCorp Indian Super League
(ISL) gets underway. Up for grabs will be
domestic footballers and the various teams will
be putting up their bids to acquire them until
Wednesday.
While the draft will be done along the lines of
Major League Soccer of US, two franchises -
Videocon Group owned Goa team and
Bollywood actor John Abraham’s Guwahati
team - will not be participating in it. Reason:
the two have already selected their players
from their respective I-League teams namely
Dempo, Salgoancars and Shillong Lajong.
According to a PTI report, a total of 92 players
will be available to the franchises at the draft.
The list includes 32 players from the I-League
clubs (on loan) and the rest are players who
have been directly signed for the central pool
by IMG-Reliance. Among those are players like
internationals Gourmangi Singh and Nirmal
Chetri. http://www.indiantelevision.com/television/tv-channels/sports/hero-motocorp-isl-player-draft-on-21-july-140721
