ATK MB officially announced Joni Kauko signing. He signed 2 year deal and being assigned shirt no.7.
Agree we got better known players then Joni Kauko. But most of them are ex-world cup players, few are ex-NT players. Signing someone who recently played in Euro & some ex-Euro/World/La Liga cup player is totally different.
On top of it, as debarghya89 mentioned , he played in Danish 1st tier for 4 seasons (110+ games). Also played in German 2nd tier for 2 seasons (48 games). Danish top tier is competitive. Javi Hernandez is good player and had success in Polish top tier. Of late, polish top tier is not comparable with Danish top tier. Also he is only 30 year old ( 31 in July ) & scored good no. of goals in Danish 1st & 2nd tier.
He will be good but at the same time we have seen Bright and Mati Steinman last year, both played in good leagues and represented their nation in U-23 level. If you ask me, playing for Nigeria or Germany senior team is way tougher than representing Finland. Also we had Carlos Harnandez, who was in World Cup team of Costa Rica (excluding Jonny Acausta due to his age) and played for Chirag along with Ranty and Chettri. So, what I am trying to say is we have seen Kauko kind of player in recent past. However, as per conversation between Marcus and Debarghya the Marquee signing is yet to be revealed by ATK, I hope he is a defender or midfielder as I do not want both Liston and Manveer to be benched. However with Tiri & Sandesh in defense, Mchugh, Kuko, Edu (if not released) I can see it would be a striker who will pair Roy Krishna for MB.
We have to judge his approval, non approval and lol worthy post based on that.
I wouldn't have raised this point if some new guy disliked/Lol a certain post. Few people disliking posts even without any reason. Few dislikes might be un-intentional. It has happened to my posts as well. They might have clicked dislike instead of like/lol. But I I have never questioned new folks & even few established guys in IFN.
But gaffertape is well known, knowledgeable & respectable person. I'm not denying everyone will have their own opinions & rights. P.S : My observation is, it is his most common reaction. I know he is also using like & dislike reactions including my posts
To be frank, I don't have any hard intentions on anyone including gaffertape .I started with lighter note but it turned out like this. Sorry if I'm offensive.
ATK MB officially announced Joni Kauko signing. He signed 2 year deal and being assigned shirt no.7.
Also we had Carlos Harnandez, who was in World Cup team of Costa Rica (excluding Jonny Acausta due to his age) and played for Chirag along with Ranty and Chettri. So, what I am trying to say is we have seen Kauko kind of player in recent past. However, as per conversation between Marcus and Debarghya the Marquee signing is yet to be revealed by ATK, I hope he is a defender or midfielder as I do not want both Liston and Manveer to be benched.
Agree on Carlos Hernandez. He is top notch player and had a good season with Chirag/Prayag united. After I league, he moved to A League and had a excellent season their as well. But not received NT call after moving to India. I league clubs like Dempo, MB, EB, Mohammedan SC & Mahindra united has got us good foreigners , not considering Trinidad & Tobago world cup players.
But I liked Churchill Brothers recruitment the most. They have got excellent players from Portugal , Lebanon, Syria, even from Egypt. Few top players I remember are Henri Antchouet( Gabonese player , played in Portugal top tier ), Akram Moghrabi & Bilal Najjarine (both from Lebanon) & Hugo Machado (Portugal player played in Portugal, Cyprus & Iran top tier ) and they got some other good Asian & African players.
At the end of the day, Mohunbagan has been building a real strong team ! Huge pool of talent on the bench, quality foreigners, experienced NT players. Same coach for three consecutive years. Thats massive on paper. Hope to see a different Mohunbagan in coming ISL. Hope they play speedy attacking football. They will be the team to beat. I guess they are going to release either Edu or Williams and bring a marquee foreigner. If Habas still does not deliver, supporters are not going to spare him this season.
Though they haven't officially announced , ATK MB will extend David Williams contract (AFC player) . I saw his picture in of their tweet. They may release Carl McHugh or will not retain Edu García (has 1 more year contract).
ATK MB is linked with North Macedonia player Ivan Trickovski. It may be a fake rumor . Though he is 34, getting him is very good for Indian football as he is a top quality striker, playing for Cyprus top tier club and played all 3 games in Euro 2020. He has a contract till next season and ATK MB may have to pay transfer fee.
I guess they are going to release either Edu or Williams and bring a marquee foreigner.
Sorry. I have read your post (on Edu & marquee player) after posting mine. Ivan Trickovski might qualify as a marquee player as he played in Champions League, Europa League & Euro 2020.
We have to judge his approval, non approval and lol worthy post based on that.
I wouldn't have raised this point if some new guy disliked/Lol a certain post. Few people disliking posts even without any reason. Few dislikes might be un-intentional. It has happened to my posts as well. They might have clicked dislike instead of like/lol. But I I have never questioned new folks & even few established guys in IFN.
But gaffertape is well known, knowledgeable & respectable person. I'm not denying everyone will have their own opinions & rights. P.S : My observation is, it is his most common reaction. I know he is also using like & dislike reactions including my posts
To be frank, I don't have any hard intentions on anyone including gaffertape .I started with lighter note but it turned out like this. Sorry if I'm offensive.
@gaffertape is an established agent now. He wont post anything. Most of dislikes are posts which are bad about his players
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Also we had Carlos Harnandez, who was in World Cup team of Costa Rica (excluding Jonny Acausta due to his age) and played for Chirag along with Ranty and Chettri.
So, what I am trying to say is we have seen Kauko kind of player in recent past. However, as per conversation between Marcus and Debarghya the Marquee signing is yet to be revealed by ATK, I hope he is a defender or midfielder as I do not want both Liston and Manveer to be benched.
However with Tiri & Sandesh in defense, Mchugh, Kuko, Edu (if not released) I can see it would be a striker who will pair Roy Krishna for MB.
But gaffertape is well known, knowledgeable & respectable person. I'm not denying everyone will have their own opinions & rights.
P.S : My observation is, it is his most common reaction. I know he is also using like & dislike reactions including my posts
To be frank, I don't have any hard intentions on anyone including gaffertape .I started with lighter note but it turned out like this. Sorry if I'm offensive.
I league clubs like Dempo, MB, EB, Mohammedan SC & Mahindra united has got us good foreigners , not considering Trinidad & Tobago world cup players.
But I liked Churchill Brothers recruitment the most. They have got excellent players from Portugal , Lebanon, Syria, even from Egypt. Few top players I remember are Henri Antchouet( Gabonese player , played in Portugal top tier ), Akram Moghrabi & Bilal Najjarine (both from Lebanon) & Hugo Machado (Portugal player played in Portugal, Cyprus & Iran top tier ) and they got some other good Asian & African players.
If Habas still does not deliver, supporters are not going to spare him this season.
Though they haven't officially announced , ATK MB will extend David Williams contract (AFC player) . I saw his picture in of their tweet. They may release Carl McHugh or will not retain Edu García (has 1 more year contract).
ATK MB is linked with North Macedonia player Ivan Trickovski. It may be a fake rumor . Though he is 34, getting him is very good for Indian football as he is a top quality striker, playing for Cyprus top tier club and played all 3 games in Euro 2020. He has a contract till next season and ATK MB may have to pay transfer fee.
Ivan Trickovski might qualify as a marquee player as he played in Champions League, Europa League & Euro 2020.