East Bengal officials to meet Khalid Jamil on Thursday
June 8, 2017 12:57 am
Kolkata: Kingfisher East Bengal might speak with I-League winning Aizawl FC coach Khalid Jamil on Thursday at Mumbai. Club official Debabrata Sarkar and Alvito D’cunha will be going to Mumbai to join AIFF Annual Awards ceremony and Khalid too will be there in that event.
The club has been in touch with Mohun Bagan coach Sanjoy Sen as well. But meeting Khalid at Mumbai could be significant.
BREAKING: Khalid Jamil set to join East Bengal as head coach for 2017-18 Khalid Jamil, who catapaulted champions Aizawl FC to the top of the I-League table, is all set to be the head coach at the Kolkata-based club...Aizawl FC's championship winning coach Khalid Jamil is all set to take up the position of head coach at East Bengal Football Club,Goalcan confirm.After Trevor Morgan stepped down from the position in April, theRed and Goldshave been facing a torrid time regarding stability at the helm.Although Mridul Bannerjee was appointed as interim coach until the end of the season, the club was on the lookout for a new head coach for the upcoming season.Senior club official Debabrata Sarkar had travelled to Mumbai yesterday with former footballer Alvito D'Cunha to hold the final talks with the I-League winning coach. This, certainly, was a deja vu moment for both the parties as Sarkar had also travelled to the business capital with the same intention way back in 2001, offering Khalid a 1500% pay hike. However, the then Air India midfielder had turned down the offer, citing the club's association with liquor brand Kingfisher as the reasonHowever, the former Mumbai FC coach andAIFF Best Coach of the season award winner appears to have changed his stance and has taken up the high pressure job at East Bengal.
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East Bengal officials to meet Khalid Jamil on Thursday
Kolkata: Kingfisher East Bengal might speak with I-League winning Aizawl FC coach Khalid Jamil on Thursday at Mumbai. Club official Debabrata Sarkar and Alvito D’cunha will be going to Mumbai to join AIFF Annual Awards ceremony and Khalid too will be there in that event.
The club has been in touch with Mohun Bagan coach Sanjoy Sen as well. But meeting Khalid at Mumbai could be significant.
--What do you understand by religion?
--Football
--Do you go to the temple?
--Yes, I go to the East Bengal ground
--Even after watching Real-Barca matches, why this madness about East Bengal?
--Priyanka Chopra looks so much better than Auntie, why don't you call her Mom?
Khalid Jamil, who catapaulted champions Aizawl FC to the top of the I-League table, is all set to be the head coach at the Kolkata-based club...Aizawl FC's championship winning coach Khalid Jamil is all set to take up the position of head coach at East Bengal Football Club,Goalcan confirm.After Trevor Morgan stepped down from the position in April, theRed and Goldshave been facing a torrid time regarding stability at the helm.Although Mridul Bannerjee was appointed as interim coach until the end of the season, the club was on the lookout for a new head coach for the upcoming season.Senior club official Debabrata Sarkar had travelled to Mumbai yesterday with former footballer Alvito D'Cunha to hold the final talks with the I-League winning coach. This, certainly, was a deja vu moment for both the parties as Sarkar had also travelled to the business capital with the same intention way back in 2001, offering Khalid a 1500% pay hike. However, the then Air India midfielder had turned down the offer, citing the club's association with liquor brand Kingfisher as the reasonHowever, the former Mumbai FC coach andAIFF Best Coach of the season award winner appears to have changed his stance and has taken up the high pressure job at East Bengal.
I will ask his agent
Agency which has Jamil
He said it's untrue