Kolkata: Kingfisher East Bengal and Mohun Bagan start working on war footing to recruit quality Indian footballers after the Hero ISL 2017 players draft got finished. Mohun Bagan had been pro-active though, as they secured the signings of players like Denson Devdas, Abhishek Das, Nikhil Kadam, Gurjinder Kumar, Debabrata Roy, Shilton D’Silva, Israil Gurung. Today, they secured the signing of Mohammedan Sporting central defender Rana Gharami and another young talent Uttam Rai for the forthcoming I-League season. Rana played a huge role to lead Bengal to win the Santosh Trophy this season.
Uttam Rai had been highly rated in Indian football and rated as one of the best young talents in Dempo. But in the last few seasons he has been troubled by a lot of injuries. It is to see how he performs in his new stint at Mohun Bagan.