ENI Bureau
New Delhi: The Bollywood Badshah’s tryst with the City of Joy continues. After becoming the owner of IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders, Shah Rukh Khan is planning to bid for the Kolkata franchise of the new league promoted by All India Football Federation (AIFF) and IMG-Reliance.
He said he was interested in buying stakes in the successful Goan I-League club Dempo earlier, but now with a new franchise-based league coming up, he has changed his mind.
“Earlier, I was planning to buy stakes in Dempo and now with the new franchise-based league coming up, I will have a look at it. I would love to own a franchise,” Shah Rukh was quoted as saying by a TV channel.
Asked which city he would buy, SRK said, “I would love to have the Kolkata football club.”
Eight clubs, 176 players, 72 overseas stars and 10 weeks of packed action — that is how the AIFF’s commercial partner IMG-Reliance plans to glamourise Indian football early next year.
The new tournament, scheduled between January 18 and March 30, is on the lines of cricket’s Indian Premier League (IPL), also managed by IMG. IMG-R have a contract with the AIFF to run the event for 12 years.
Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore, Pune, Mumbai, Kochi, Chennai, Hyderabad, Goa and Guwahati have been shortlisted for the auction. Each team will have nine foreign, eight Indians and four Under-21 players, who will be up for grabs in September. Some of the world’s top footballers — David Beckham, Thierry Henry, Michael Owen and Raul Gonzalez — could be seen in action in the tournament. There will also be eight icon players and four names will be made public in September before the franchise auction.
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New Delhi: The Bollywood Badshah’s tryst with the City of Joy continues. After becoming the owner of IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders, Shah Rukh Khan is planning to bid for the Kolkata franchise of the new league promoted by All India Football Federation (AIFF) and IMG-Reliance.
He said he was interested in buying stakes in the successful Goan I-League club Dempo earlier, but now with a new franchise-based league coming up, he has changed his mind.
“Earlier, I was planning to buy stakes in Dempo and now with the new franchise-based league coming up, I will have a look at it. I would love to own a franchise,” Shah Rukh was quoted as saying by a TV channel.
Asked which city he would buy, SRK said, “I would love to have the Kolkata football club.”
Eight clubs, 176 players, 72 overseas stars and 10 weeks of packed action — that is how the AIFF’s commercial partner IMG-Reliance plans to glamourise Indian football early next year.
The new tournament, scheduled between January 18 and March 30, is on the lines of cricket’s Indian Premier League (IPL), also managed by IMG. IMG-R have a contract with the AIFF to run the event for 12 years.
Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore, Pune, Mumbai, Kochi, Chennai, Hyderabad, Goa and Guwahati have been shortlisted for the auction. Each team will have nine foreign, eight Indians and four Under-21 players, who will be up for grabs in September. Some of the world’s top footballers — David Beckham, Thierry Henry, Michael Owen and Raul Gonzalez — could be seen in action in the tournament. There will also be eight icon players and four names will be made public in September before the franchise auction.
For More: http://www.enewspaperofindia.com
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