Fake. EB are already building a team. What will they do with another team? Also, how many times are they going to change venues? (If EB play from Odisha, it would be a tragedy of errors).
And also you partner with strong organizations. Odisha FC is pretty much broke, scraping by with whatever little government gives them. The day the state govt. stops the freebies the circus team will close down or move to some other town
I don't think the OFC EB merger will take place. Odisha FC owner Rohit Sharma had stated (when the rumours began) that he had no interest in a tie-up with EB. The geographical angle is problematic too. Though one can talk about the geographical proximity of the states, in another way there has always been a rivalry between Odisha and Kolkata (Bengal)..."Odisha and Kolkata have always been arch-rivals. (There cannot be one team between the two cities). It’s always an Odisha-versus-Kolkata (Bengal) kind of a thing,” Sharma told PTI from Bhubaneswar, on the eve of Odisha FC's home match against North East United FC..
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EB is desperate for ISL 7 entry
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