India has the money. South Americans have the talent and skills. One just needs to scout properly. It is tough but not impossible to get Europeans to India in case the league expands because of quality of life issues. But, we are at par with south Americans when it comes to quality of life. So, many good players will be willing to stay.
I have not followed his career for a while, but while he was coming through Huracan, his move to Brazil was looked at in surprise as a number of teams in Europe were interested in him. Since then, he seems to have gone of the boil but an excellent signing IMO.
Khalid leaving Mumbai was kind of a forgone conclusion for weeks with the fans going bersek on twitter post season.
Interesting to see what next for Mumbai....will we finally show ambition...hope the replacement is given a long term project to build
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Also as you mentioned SE Asian league, I just hope someone brings Ken Ilso from Home United