I-League clubs thank AIFF president Praful Patel for meeting them
The group of I-League representatives issued a word of thanks to AIFF president Praful Patel after the latter met with the concerned parties regarding the ongoing issues in Indian football. The representatives who came for the meeting asked for 24 hours to come back with a response to the AIFF.
Senior officials of I-League clubs met with the All India Football Federation (AIFF) president Praful Patel on Wednesday in New Delhi to discuss the future of the league and Indian football. The AIFF president paid heed to the issues raised by the I-League clubs and the clubs seem to be pleased with Patel’s response to their concerns.
Mohun Bagan senior official Debashish Dutta was all praise for the AIFF president as he said that Patel has always been supportive of the I-League.
“For the past five months we were trying for this meeting and we are thankful that Mr Praful Patel has given us the time and we appreciate his endeavour to meet all the I-League clubs and here the problems. What we also felt is that he was not totally aware of the problems regarding why we did not play the Super Cup and the other issues. So all those issues were elaborated to him.
“We are happy that he spoke to us. We are always with AIFF and Mr. Praful Patel is personally always with the I-League clubs. Since he became the president of the AIFF, he supported the I-League and he is always stated that this is the main league of the country,” Mohun Bagan senior official Debashish Dutta was quoted as saying by Goal.com.
The representatives who came for the meeting have asked for 24 hours to discuss the points with other clubs' officials and get back to the Indian governing body led by president Praful Patel.Â
“Regarding the future of I-League, Indian football and the ISL, we discussed a lot and he also came up with certain suggestions. We are six I-League clubs present here and now we have to go back and discuss with our other officials. We asked for 24 hours to get back to him and we are thankful that Mr Patel gave us the time. We will come back to the AIFF within a span of 24 hours regarding the discussions. Mr Patel will also seek AFC (Asian Football Confederation) and FSDL’s (Football Sports Development Ltd) consent.
“We are happy that he spoke to us. We are always with AIFF and Mr. Praful Patel is personally always with the I-League clubs. Since he became the president of the AIFF, he supported the I-League and he is always stated that this is the main league of the country,” Dutta added.
