Do u mean 400K USD per year for a player. It is close to 3 crore INR and for 3 players alone, it would be 9 Crore . 600k for a striker would add another 4+ crore INR. Total amount for 4 players is around 13 crores and salary cap for each club is 16.5 crore, and balance will be only 3.5 crore for Indian players.
Even ATKMB and MCFC , would not be able to pay 1 million dollar for one player due to salary cap restrictions.
Transfer fee is not included in Salary cap, that's the reason clubs like ATKMB , MCFC & FC Goa could be able to pay good transfer fee.
Also signing only 4 players is risky. Technically, Indian players are still not yet Foreign player level baring very few players. Foreign Players might get injured, out of form , not suitable for their formation etc.,
For a team like ATKMB, Tiri alone is earning more than 200k But for lesser teams like Hyderabad I don't see the three guys I mentioned in an earlier post having contracts in excess of 150k per player. That leaves good money to sign a higher-value striker. If on average an Indian is making 50L that means 10c for 20 Indians in the squad for top-end teams. For lower-end teams, this amount goes further down which leaves them with more money for foreign players.
I would rather have Indian players as subs because the only way they get better is by playing. 4 in the squad will get you better quality than 6 in the squad + boost game time for Indian players. win-win for all.
I wonder how Mumbai will go about it. They are the ones capable of signing a young Marquee striker on a million-dollar contract for ACL Is Adrian Lopez a marquee-level signing? and if they win ACL, 4 million dollar prize money will justify such signing
Let's first win AFC Cup. We can think about Champions league later. AFC cup winners can bag $1.5 million + travel subsidy of $40K for every away match.
Even if we sign a Marquee player (Premier league quality striker) , we don't have chance to win Champions League unless Indian players improve. And again as I said, due to salary cap, clubs cannot pay hefty salary for 1 player. I don't know ,if we still have marquee rule or not. One of our friends ,can confirm if we have option for marquee player or not?
1 quality player may win us 1 or 2 matches. But not tournaments. For any success in Champions League, we would need at-least 5 quality players on the pitch. ( GK, 2 Defenders(mainly CB), 2 Mid-fielders ,1 Striker)
Hope you are under-estimating following teams. These teams are good and can defeat any team on their day. Nasaf (Uzebk), Altyn Asyr, Al-Kuwait (if qualifies from play off round), Al Ahed FC, Al-Muharraq SC, Tishreen SC (Syria) , Al-Faisaly SC & Al-Wahda
Among these teams, Nasaf & Al-Kuwait will be tough for us to beat.
My assessment was based on Bengaluru FC's run to the final
This ATKMB team is far better than that squad but do agree I have no clue about the level of other teams but going by what I have heard, top teams over the years in AFC cup are playing ACL this year. So fingers crossed
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Do u mean 400K USD per year for a player. It is close to 3 crore INR and for 3 players alone, it would be 9 Crore . 600k for a striker would add another 4+ crore INR. Total amount for 4 players is around 13 crores and salary cap for each club is 16.5 crore, and balance will be only 3.5 crore for Indian players.
Even ATKMB and MCFC , would not be able to pay 1 million dollar for one player due to salary cap restrictions.
Transfer fee is not included in Salary cap, that's the reason clubs like ATKMB , MCFC & FC Goa could be able to pay good transfer fee.
Also signing only 4 players is risky. Technically, Indian players are still not yet Foreign player level baring very few players. Foreign Players might get injured, out of form , not suitable for their formation etc.,
For a team like ATKMB, Tiri alone is earning more than 200k
But for lesser teams like Hyderabad I don't see the three guys I mentioned in an earlier post having contracts in excess of 150k per player. That leaves good money to sign a higher-value striker.
If on average an Indian is making 50L that means 10c for 20 Indians in the squad for top-end teams.
For lower-end teams, this amount goes further down which leaves them with more money for foreign players.
I would rather have Indian players as subs because the only way they get better is by playing.
4 in the squad will get you better quality than 6 in the squad + boost game time for Indian players.
win-win for all.
They are the ones capable of signing a young Marquee striker on a million-dollar contract
Is Adrian Lopez a marquee-level signing?
and if they win ACL, 4 million dollar prize money will justify such signing
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Even if we sign a Marquee player (Premier league quality striker) , we don't have chance to win Champions League unless Indian players improve. And again as I said, due to salary cap, clubs cannot pay hefty salary for 1 player. I don't know ,if we still have marquee rule or not. One of our friends ,can confirm if we have option for marquee player or not?
1 quality player may win us 1 or 2 matches. But not tournaments. For any success in Champions League, we would need at-least 5 quality players on the pitch. ( GK, 2 Defenders(mainly CB), 2 Mid-fielders ,1 Striker)
Anything less and I would consider it a disaster.
2 Oman clubs have withdrawn
https://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-cup/latest/news/afc-s-decision-on-the-withdrawal-of-oman-clubs-from-afc-cup
I hope it doesn't get canceled
https://www.transfermarkt.co.in/matt-godden/detaillierteleistungsdaten/spieler/145553
Hope you are under-estimating following teams. These teams are good and can defeat any team on their day.
Nasaf (Uzebk), Altyn Asyr, Al-Kuwait (if qualifies from play off round), Al Ahed FC,
Al-Muharraq SC, Tishreen SC (Syria) , Al-Faisaly SC & Al-Wahda
Among these teams, Nasaf & Al-Kuwait will be tough for us to beat.
This ATKMB team is far better than that squad but do agree I have no clue about the level of other teams but going by what I have heard, top teams over the years in AFC cup are playing ACL this year.
So fingers crossed