Internet Desk: He always stays in the limelight for his controversial comments and it was nothing exception on the Annual Sports Day of East Bengal which also East Bengal former secretary, Paltu Das’s birth anniversary. Kalyan Majumdar said, “Not only Mohun Bagan ground, we are ready to play against Bagan even in mars if they want. But we will play.”
Although, East Bengal have achieved 9 points from their last 3 matches with a hattrick of wins, but East Bengal secretary is still not satisfied with team’s style of play as he remarked, “Our team is just winning with pass mark. If we want me to brief it, I will say 30/100, not more than that.”
Regarding the issue of short of strikers in the side, Morgan’s quote in the last few days did not bring a smile on his face and he said, “What is the need for him crying so much? I am fed up with him crying.”
He also added, “It is the coach who needs to take the responsibility. That’s why he is appointed to make strikers. Coach has to take care of Dong. Morgan is such a person if you give a squad of 45 then also he will complain. He is a paid employee and at the end of the day we will count on his result. In our club the gardeners also know their duties which unfortunately our coach does not know.”
Meanwhile, East Bengal club celebrated its Annual Sports Day and a free medical check up was held for the players as well as others. Former footballer Late Prasanta Sinha was named with the posthumous award on the name of Paltu Das which was awarded for the first time and his family members received it as they received a cheque of Rs 50000 and a memento.
In the evening, Baichung Bhutia was present in the club tent and gave a speech on his East Bengal days and his signing as well as on Paltu Das. Baichung said, “In the year 1992, when I first signed for East Bengal on a one-year contract , I was just 16 then. The amount of confidence he has given me, I cannot forget. I still remember the days during transfers. All the kidnapping and hiding was the talked about part of Maidan. East Bengal’s Nitu Da and Swapan Da was expert in that.”
Regarding the transfer issue, Baichung also added, “After playing for three years in East Bengal, Bagan officials were desperate to sign me but I did not go as Paltu Da asked me to stay. It was unfortunate that I could not stay by his side when he was sick and I was in England when he left us.”
Baichung also graded the Asean Cup winning squad as the best of that era he added, “If that squad would have been retained the next season, we could have played the semi-finals or finals of AFC that season.” Just before getting down from stage, Baichung called up a fan Joydeep Dutta on the stage as he is sick and hugged him as well as clicked photographs.