Instead of whining over name, they should focus on stability and direction. What was wrong in the name of FC Kochin and Viva Kerala? They folded without trace.
Kerala supporters are very passionate about football. I don't think that you need a catchy name to attract them. Kerala fans love their football. Even with State Bank of Travancore team in NFL, huge crowd used to come. They just need stable management of a club which wants to stay in I-league.
MUMBAI: The governing body for soccer in India has cleared Singapore-based MySportsManagement’s plan to form a new I-League club in Kerala, even as it is yet to decide on the cashstrapped official league’s merger with the Indian Super League (ISL), which is backed by private firms.
MySports’ CEO Jiri Cerny told ET that the sports management company has received a go ahead from the All-India FootballFederation (AIFF) to launch a new team in Thiruvananthapuram ahead of the 2018 season.
“We have approval from the federation and a five-year strategic plan in place,” Cerny said, adding that MySports already has European companies supporting the team. “We will be spending close to `20 crore per season, which is six times more than this year I-League winner Aizawl FC, but at the same time, 30% less than what anormal ISL team spends.”
Cerny said MySports will bring in western management and foreign coaches in help popularise football. “We are coming to develop football in India. We also have plans to start a football academy where we will train young talented kids between 9-16 years,” he said.
According to Cerny, initially the team will have to depend on international players as well as players from other regions, but going forward, the club will train players in the state itself.
“We will be spending close to `20 crore per season, which is six times more than this year I-League winner Aizawl FC, but at the same time, 30% less than what anormal ISL team spends.”
20 crore is nearly 8-10 times more than Aizawl And where will they play in Trivandrum The stadium is leased to KCA
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MUMBAI: The governing body for soccer in India has cleared Singapore-based MySportsManagement’s plan to form a new I-League club in Kerala, even as it is yet to decide on the cashstrapped official league’s merger with the Indian Super League (ISL), which is backed by private firms.
MySports’ CEO Jiri Cerny told ET that the sports management company has received a go ahead from the All-India FootballFederation (AIFF) to launch a new team in Thiruvananthapuram ahead of the 2018 season.
“We have approval from the federation and a five-year strategic plan in place,” Cerny said, adding that MySports already has European companies supporting the team. “We will be spending close to `20 crore per season, which is six times more than this year I-League winner Aizawl FC, but at the same time, 30% less than what anormal ISL team spends.”
Cerny said MySports will bring in western management and foreign coaches in help popularise football. “We are coming to develop football in India. We also have plans to start a football academy where we will train young talented kids between 9-16 years,” he said.
According to Cerny, initially the team will have to depend on international players as well as players from other regions, but going forward, the club will train players in the state itself.
Source Economic Times
20 crore is nearly 8-10 times more than Aizawl
And where will they play in Trivandrum
The stadium is leased to KCA