The Indian Super League or say, Hero Indian Super League which will be in action by mid of October till December, will be the first professional football league in India. Though there was an other football league ( I-League ) already active in India but it did not got any attention. As per my thinking, this is the only best way to promote football in a country like India.
Totally based on Indian Premier League, ISL will also use the franchise system. As this is a new concept and the game is known to almost everyone in this country, we can say that this league could be a big success. Even a big success to the companies like Reliance Industries and International Management Group of United States, the sponsors of this league.
One of the main reason for the success of this league could be the involvement of some Indian Cricketers and some famous faces of Bollywood. I want to see how a cricketer motivates and encourages his football team. Former Indian Captain Saurav Ganguly is the co-owner of the team Atletico de Kolkata, Ranbir Kapoor with Mumbai F.C., Sachin Tendulkar with Team Kochi, John Abraham, biggest promoter of football in India is with Guwahati football club and my faviorate, Salman Khan will be cheering for Pune F.C.
As this league is based on the format of IPL, I can predict that there will be raining money in the next season of ISL. There will be availability of more international football faces which will make this league rather more interesting. Though I know players like Leonel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo or Neymar Jr. will never be available for this league. The reason is very simple, they are the most expensive players which could not be afford by any of the current Indian owners.
Totally based on Indian Premier League, ISL will also use the franchise system. As this is a new concept and the game is known to almost everyone in this country, we can say that this league could be a big success. Even a big success to the companies like Reliance Industries and International Management Group of United States, the sponsors of this league.
One of the main reason for the success of this league could be the involvement of some Indian Cricketers and some famous faces of Bollywood. I want to see how a cricketer motivates and encourages his football team. Former Indian Captain Saurav Ganguly is the co-owner of the team Atletico de Kolkata, Ranbir Kapoor with Mumbai F.C., Sachin Tendulkar with Team Kochi, John Abraham, biggest promoter of football in India is with Guwahati football club and my faviorate, Salman Khan will be cheering for Pune F.C.
As this league is based on the format of IPL, I can predict that there will be raining money in the next season of ISL. There will be availability of more international football faces which will make this league rather more interesting. Though I know players like Leonel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo or Neymar Jr. will never be available for this league. The reason is very simple, they are the most expensive players which could not be afford by any of the current Indian owners.
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| The game changer for Indian Soccer |
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| International star players during their signing in ISL |


