Yeah Similar to that. I watched that match. Can't believe it has been already 1 year since then. This time 5 Indians will be on the field. I predict a close fight, may be 1-0 or 2-1 win for ATK.
Hume & Arnab went to Siliguri stadium,distributed jersies of ATK to junior footballers,both attended press conference there. ATK trying to build fan base in North Bengal
Perhaps getting ready to bank on the support of North Bengal fans in case ISL and I League merges. Then they need to shift their base to Siliguri and rename themselves as Atletico de Bengal, need to build infrastructure. Doesn't seem feasible in near future though, especially considering return on investments. United SC had similar plans in the past.
You are giving way too much credit to ATK mgmt. No #ISL team is thinking post merger...they have been told unofficially its not happening in nxt 3years for sure. #gaffertape can confirm . It was just a marketing initiative by ATK to impress sponsors
@EastBengalPride You are right. ISL teams will have to spend a huge additional sum if both I-League & ISL are merged because then they have to buy players for the whole year. I doubt whether they are going to agree & if they don't then 4 Idiots will start singing a different song about merger. Also ATK will object as their so called "huge fan base" will disappear overnight when Mohun Bagan & East Bengal are inducted.
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ATK trying to build fan base in North Bengal
You are right. ISL teams will have to spend a huge additional sum if both I-League & ISL are merged because then they have to buy players for the whole year. I doubt whether they are going to agree & if they don't then 4 Idiots will start singing a different song about merger.
Also ATK will object as their so called "huge fan base" will disappear overnight when Mohun Bagan & East Bengal are inducted.