XtraTime Correspondent: ISL Champions ATK FC arrived at Kolkata this morning and celebrated their third ISL title, the second under Antonio Lopez Habas. But the Principal owner of the club Mr Sanjiv Goyenka still wafted the confusion in the air regarding the future of Antonio Vicuna and the other top performers of Mohun Bagan, as the two entities will be playing as a merged entity from the next season. As per Mr Goyenka, it will be decided after the “Board meeting.”
Mr Goyenka had said, “Till now we were planning for this season which just got over. Now with the I-League and ISL under our belt, we will start planning for the next season which starts tomorrow. But as far as we are concerned, the two signings we have confirmed are Manvir Singh and Subhashis Bose. We are happy to have them.”
He praised his players, as he said, ““It is difficult to individually list out players. It was an exceptional performance and I express my heartfelt gratitude appreciation to each and every player. Prabir (Das) came back from an injury and made such a huge mark. Roy (Krishna) and Edu (Garcia) were brilliant, Javier (Hernandez) yesterday, what a performance. Sumit Rathi, a youngster who cemented his place in the team. Jayesh (Rane) played in a different position. Pritam (Kotal) was extraordinarily matured. Arindam (Bhattacharya) saved his best for the last two matches.”
He confessed, “We made many mistakes in the last two seasons. We tried to correct that this year and the results are here for everyone to see.”