Kolkata giants East Bengal Club have signed teenage midfielder Abhijit Sarkar on loan from Chennaiyin FC for the 2019/20 season. 19 year old Kalyani-born Abhijit Sarkar was scouted and then placed at the AIFF Elite Academy and became a part of the India U-17 national team in preparations and during …
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I-League side Gokulam Kerala FC have reappointed Spaniard of Argentinian origin Fernando Santiago Varela as their head coach for the 2019/20 season. Fernando Santiago Varela had joined Gokulam Kerala FC in pre-season in the 2018/19 season but had to return to Spain due to personal issues. Now Fernando Santiago Varela …
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Indian Super League franchise Delhi Dynamos have announced the signing of goalkeeper Arshdeep Singh from I-League side Minerva Punjab FC. 21 year old Chandigarh-born Arshdeep Singh spend time at the AIFF Elite Academy before joining Minerva Punjab FC in 2015. He took his time to settle down and once Rakshit …
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On July 18, 2019, a total of six I-League clubs in Mohun Bagan AC, Quess East Bengal FC, Churchill Brothers, Minerva Punjab FC, Aizawl FC and Gokulam Kerala FC send a letter seeking help regarding the ongoing Indian Football scenario to the Asian Football Confederation general secretary Dato Windsor John. …
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XtraTime on the sidelines of an event at East Bengal Club they got the chance to speak to Baichung Bhutia about the current topics of Indian football. They spoke about India’s draw in the 2022 FIFA World Cup/2023 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers, the new India head coach Igor Stimac, and …
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As XtraTime reports from Kolkata, the AIFF Senior vice-president Subrata Dutta on the sideline of an event spoke to the media about the current scenario of Indian football. Subrata Dutta was honest and direct in his statements about what is all going in Indian football.
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I-League side Real Kashmir FC have announced the signing of winger Dalraj Singh from rivals Mohun Bagan for the 2019/20 season. 28 year old Dalraj Singh has over the last few years been a regular in the Calcutta Football League playing for Southern Samity, Mohammedan Sporting, Peerless SC and then …
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As XtraTime reports from Kolkata, officials from city giants East Bengal and Mohun Bagan met BJP West Bengal in-charge Kailash Vijayvargiya to discuss the current situation in Indian club football. East Bengal’s Debabrata ‘Neetu’ Sarkar and Dr. Shanti Ranjan Dasgupta besides Mohun Bagan’s Srinjoy Bose and Debasish Datta met the …
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The Football Players Association of India (FPAI) will be holding their annual Indian Football Awards on Sunday, July 21, 2019 in the Sikkim capital Gangtok. In good news for the football fans in Sikkim, the FPAI – Indian Football Awards 2019 will see the presence of Indian football captain Sunil …
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Mohun Bagan official Debasish Datta in an interview with XtraTime questioned the AIFF executive committee’s decision to suggest to the AFC to make the ISL the top tier of Indian club football. But he also added that talks would continue before the I-League clubs would go to court.
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