Odisha FC have signed 21-year-old midfielder Samuel Lalmuanpuia, hailing from Mizoram, ahead of the seventh season of the Hero Indian Super League. Also, Lalmuanpuia has expressed his excitement to be a part of the football club and to perform in front of a warm Bhubaneshwar crowd.

English coach Trevor James Morgan supports the idea to curtail the number of foreigners in the playing XI of the domestic leagues for the sake of growth in Indian football. For now, five overseas players are allowed on the pitch for a particular team, which includes one Asian International.

Spanish midfielder Joseba Beitia has admitted that he wants to play for Mohun Bagan once again after guiding the Kolkata club to an I-League title this season. With the club merging with Indian Super League outfits ATK, chances are unlikely that he will play for the new side next season.

Indian International Gurpreet Singh Sandhu has stated that he considers veteran goalkeeper Subrata Paul as his role model and feels lucky to have trained alongside him. Sandhu and Paul were both a part of India’s 2011 AFC Asian Cup squad, where the ‘Blue Tigers’ were eliminated in the first round.