Kolkata: Mohun Bagan star forward from Cameroon Dipanda Dicka has joined the squad today for the forthcoming I-League after the auspicious occasion of Durga Puja. Dicka played for Mohammedan Sporting Club in the recently concluded Calcutta Football League 2017. Besides him, four Indian footballers from MDS have also joined the Green & Maroon Brigade today. They are Sk. Fiaz, Rana Gharami, Shankar Roy and Dipendu Duwari.
Dicka looked very happy while joining the Mohun Bagan squad. He became the top scorer of recently concluded CFL 2017.”My only aim is to win the I-League for Mohun Bagan. I am lucky that, I got the chance to represent two big clubs of Kolkata in same season,” said Dipanda Dicka. Dipendu Duwari too looked pretty confident to perform well after returning to his former club.
Though the other two foreigners of Mohun Bagan Diogo Ferreira and Yuta Kinowaki didn’t come to the club today. They both reached the City of Joy last night but couldn’t met with their team mates as they have jet lag.
The Green and Maroon coach Sanjoy Sen came to the club today for the first time after his bypass surgery. But he didn’t stay there for long and left the club after meeting the players. The Mohun Bagan players had a gym session today at the Eden Gardens before Sikkim Governors Gold Cup. They will start their practice tomorrow at the Barasat Stadium. According to the club officials, they might play one or two practice games on October 6 or 7 before leaving the City of Joy. The Kolkata giant will leave Kolkata to play the Sikkim Governors Gold Cup on October 8.