Kolkata: The Hero Indian Super League to come up with new rules and regulations for the new season. The ISL franchises had a serious meeting today with the FSDL to decide the new rules and regulations for the forthcoming season. The new rules and regulations were required specially because there would be two new franchises to take part in this season. There will also be a fresh draft before the month of July as Bengaluru FC have to register their players for the AFC Cup, www.xtratime.in can confirm. The following are the new rules and regulations which will come into play from this season:
- The teams can retain maximum two Indian players for the new season.
- The new franchise TATA will have the first two calls in the players draft to balance the team build up procedure.
- The franchises can retain maximum number of U21 players for the new season.
- The teams can now sign maximum of 8 foreigners instead of the previous rule of 11.
- The franchises can retain 8 foreigners from their previous season.
- There might not be any marquee player this season as per the discussion.
- The teams can field maximum of 5 foreigners in the playing XI instead of the previous rule of 6 foreigners.
The franchises have informed IMGR the name of the players they want to retain for the forthcoming season. Here goes the choices:
- Atletico de Kolkata: Debjit Majumder and Pritam Kotal
- Kerala Blasters: Sandesh Jinghan and CK Vineeth (likely)
- Delhi Dynamos: Souvik Chakraborty and Anas Edathodika (If he accepts new deal)
- Mumbai City FC: Amrinder Singh and the other one yet to be decided.
- Chennaiyin FC: Jeje and Karanjit Singh
- NorthEast United: TP Rehenesh and Rowllin Borges
- Bengaluru FC: Sunil Chhetri and Udanta Singh
- FC Pune City: Eugeneson Lyngdoh and the other one yet to be decided.
- FC Goa: Laxmikant Kattimani and Mandar Rao Dessai (likely)