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[caption id="attachment_4765" align="alignnone" width="474"] Bhaichung Bhutia in Red and Gold jersey . File Pic[/caption] Kolkata : Indian football’s pin up boy Bhaichung Bhutia’s wish of donning the East Bengal Jersey for a last time might not see day light .The former Indian captain’s wish to play in front of a packed East Bengal stands chanting “ Bhaichung – Bhaichung”  for one last time looks doubtful . Bhaichung , who was expected to sign for the Red and Golds in the I-league last season had to drop his plans due to an injury . His prior commitments with politics , Indian Super League and Sikkim United might have also influenced him to think otherwise . Bhaichung is also the chairman of AIFF’s Technical Committee. Bhaichung , who captained the Indian National team for over 10 years  has scored 43 goals donning the National jersey. Under his guidance India have won the South Asian Football Championship three times, Nehru Cup twice (2007,2009) and the 2008 AFC Challenge cup. Bhaichung was looking for an appropriate platform before announcing his retirement last year . “ I have decided to hang up my boots. I enjoyed every moment of my career. I am really struggling with my knee injury.  You can say that I am not going to play club football again”. Bhaichung was forced to announce his retirement from International football  on August 24 , 2011.His last match was against South Korea in the AFC Asian Cup.