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[caption id="attachment_41127" align="aligncenter" width="580"] The East Bengal Secretary barely criticized his own player Mohammad Rafique. File Pic[/caption] Kolkata: Right when the Kingfisher East Bengal coach Trevor Morgan said that the club officials have been trying to interfere in his team selection by influencing people associated with the team, East Bengal Secretary Kalyan Majumder denied all the allegations in a "Facebook live" chat on the Facebook page of the club magazine. The Secretary also asked questions about the team selection as well. With a lot of anger, Mr Majumder said, "We had to pay a lot of money to purchase players like Jackichand and Romeo. I don't know why they are not picked by the coach. I have no answer." The East Bengal Secretary barely criticized his own player Mohammad Rafique, as he said, "I love Rafique personally. But that has no connection with his playing quality. Why does he play when we have superior players than him? The last good goal he scored, was back in the first ISL when he scored in the final. After that, what has been his contribution?". He also made it very clear that the club won't abide by the terms and conditions sent by the IMG-R to play in the ISL. He stated, "One thing for sure, we will no way give our intellectual rights to them. Why will we? UB Group has been our sponsors for years now. We never had any problems with them, neither they had any demand about our intellectual rights." He added, "Another decision we have made, we won't give a single penny as an appearance fee. We are a superior brand compare to them. In terms of the overall impact, The ISL " The Secretary also stated that the Kolkata derby will be a good game this time. "Mohun Bagan has been playing really well. If we can play to our potential, it will be a good game. Our only problem is in the goalkeeping department. We are conceding some peculiar goals." The Club Secretary also said, "I have asked the officials to leave me. I'm getting old. As a Secretary, I have won all the trophies, except the I-League. I think it's not there in my destiny."