Wage bill or budget is not the sole determinant in the success of a team...their former assistant coach Jordi Villa himself went to Spain to scout for the foreigners of his team....he saw the likes of Pedro Manzi, Nestor and Sandro playing in the Spanish leagues and signed them for his club...add to that the local talents like Romario, Edwin and P. Raju and you have a winning combination...on the other hand, EB relied solely on their coach and his contacts while recruiting their Spanish players
Minerva, Aizawl have shown it in past that money is not everything.
Chennai City looked like a champion right from first match of their campaign.
Calcutta clubs waste time at the start of season in speculating that they are joining ISL this season, next season and playing mindless friendlies against other ISL teams. With those games with ISL teams, utility of foreign players is not judged !!!
Other teams spend time and money judiciously in recruiting fit Foreigners and proper combination with local players.
Just poaching last season wonders cant make you champion. If Money was the thing, MB and EB would have won every title since NFL 1996.
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I hope some isl teams buy them.