Mandar will join the Villarreal ‘C’ training from Monday, July 25 onwards to gain experience to prepare ahead of the ISL – Season 3 to play for his new team.
The 24 year old Mapusa-born winger has so far played only in his home state of Goa for Dempo SC at junior and senior level besides FC Goa in the first two season of the ISL.
The infos available from Spain make it clear that Mandar is only on a training program with Villarreal CF’s ‘C’ team, who play in Spain’s Tercera División and not on a formal trial to play for the clubs first team, who had finished fourth in last seasons La Liga and will play the UEFA Champions League qualifiers.