Will play attacking brand of football : Habas

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Even after being the champions of the inaugural ISL , his defensive strategy was heavily criticized . What more , his strategy earned him the label of a defensive coach . Cometh the hour , cometh the man as Atletico de Kolkata coach Antonio Lopes Havas promise to present an attacking brand of football . According to the franchisee owners , Havas have assured them to surprise the football fans in India with his attacking staretgy during the second edition of ISL . The Spaniard will be coming to Kolkata next Wednesday to sit down with the owners strategizing on the draft which takes place on July 10 at Mumbai . He will be accompanied by goalkeeping coach Deshi Bakhtyar .

According to sources , the Atletico coach will have a final say as far as picking foreign players from the draft is concerned . But for the Indian players , he would like to leave it to Baichung Bhutia . Baichung have already mailed a provisional list of Indian players to Havas . The Spanish coach have enquired about each footballer in the list with the owners as to what is the height of each Indian footballer , their performance in recent times , are they carrying any injuries or not and other details .

Havas looks confident with his attacking brand of football as this time round he himself had the luxury of choosing foreign players which was not the case for the inaugural season . Last season all footballers irrespective of Indian or foreign had to be picked from the draft . Havas have emphasized to the franchise owners to pick a marquee footballer who can change the fate of the match single handedly . He have also stressed that the marquee footballer is not more than 32 years old and is pre dominantly a positive striker .

The budget for this season is believed to be increased according to franchise owners . And this have been possible due to the fact that the inaugural season of ISL have been an instant hit . With more and more sponsors showing in interest to invest .