Bernard Mendy has seen ISL money figures and thinks that money exists everywhere in India
He might have also heard that the likes of Ranty and Oadfa earned close to $300,000 for a season( albeit it a longer season) , and thought why not chance my arm , as he considers himself miles better than either of them
There is a difference though in terms of what these guys can bring to the team.
As much as I do not like Odafe and Ranti Martins, I can somewhat understand them getting payed that much because, again, as much as I do not like them, a team can guarantee that they will get at least 10 goals out of him... maybe even 15 or 20 on a good season.
With Mendy you would have a powerful and good defender but would not guarantee clean-sheets, for example, every game.
Not sure if I explained it right but you guys can get it.
He is actually miles better than Ranti Odafa and the likes, I think EB should break the bank and go for him.
@ArsenalFan700 I think this I-League its been proven how useless Odafa is! 3 goals in 10 odd matches and Brandon and the local boys played a bigger part in saving Sporting rather than that old creep.
Romeo Fernandez going to Atletico PR was a PR exercise indeed. They signed some sort of MOU with AIFF and that included training and giving some indian players international exposure. Based on ISL's reach and Zico's influence, Romeo made the cut and was signed on a 6 month loan. Obviously, they wanted to see how good romeo is. But, then again he's not that good. So, he went, trained, tried to impress, and came back with glory.
That's how it goes. Only real footballer outside is I think Gurpreet Singh Sandhu who has been working pretty hard for his team and junior player Abhineet Bharti.
Also I dont think Zico has much influence in Brazilian clubs as such. AIFF has a MOU with ATP and they might have consulted Zico simply because he was the only respectable Brazilian around in India at that time (others were Beto, Bareto, Joshimar and Ulliams ) This year they might take Brandon for a training stint.
actually Brandon has some real talent..going by his reputation of trials at big clubs some one like Atletico will be even more eager to try him..plus that guy has confidence to score outside India
But @Ronny If u hear AIFF view on brandon then u will loose urs confidence .. Do u know what AIFF Official said to him after MB match .. Brandon u was better player 3 years ago , this is what u learn in SA , we told u dont go there blah blah etc
Yes @coolgagan let's stay in India and play ISL as its the ultimate thing in football who cares if was a training stunt. let's football!! after all a useless Indian players were said there on a MOU.
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So, he went, trained, tried to impress, and came back with glory.
That's how it goes. Only real footballer outside is I think Gurpreet Singh Sandhu who has been working pretty hard for his team and junior player Abhineet Bharti.
Are there any other players?