ISL champion Mohun Bagan will probably not attend with Aiff, clubs; Eastern Bengal, FC Goa Persible attendees

Indian Super League (ISL) champion Mohun Bagan Super Giant will probably not attend the meeting planned on 7 August with the All India Football Federation (AIFF) and other ISL clubs.

Sources in the club have denied that they received an invitation for the meeting and claimed that if someone arrived, the presence of Bagan in the national capital for the meeting on Thursday is unlikely.

«The club knows that it is an impasse where a solution will only come after the judgment of the Supreme Court. In such a scenario it becomes almost useless to have discussions without any way,» a source that is aware of the developments that have been told Sports star.

In the meantime, Eastern Bengal, the other Kolkata giant, has taken the opposite route and pronounced eagerly to discuss with the best buyer and clubs of the federation.

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«We received the letter today and we would like to be present. We discuss with the higher authority at the club to come to a conclusion,» said Debabrata Sarkar, civil servant of East Bengal.

The future of the ISL remains uncertain after the football development Limited – the organizer of the competition – and the AIFF did not succeed in reaching an agreement on the Master Lights Agreement.

With the Supreme Court that holds further negotiations until it rules over the AIFF constitution, most clubs are left without any competitive football.

As a result, some franchises have taken unforeseen measures from temporary suspension of operations (Bengaluru FC) to offer short-term contracts in the short term (Jameshedpur FC) (Jamshedpur).

The meeting on Thursday will mainly tackle this care, with possible discussions about organizing the Super Cup later this year as a stopgap measure until the Supreme Court makes a decision – a way to keep the clubs operational.

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The Super Cup is usually held as the last tournament of the season, but there have been conversations about preparing and even replaced by the Federation Cup.

«The Super Cup will take place as planned, and the planning will depend on the definitive League (ISL) calendar,» Kalyan Chaubey, the Aiff President, had told earlier Sports star In an interview.

Only two clubs after the Durand Cup in a window – September to December – which usually served as the lock for the ISL: Mohun Bagan and FC Goa.

Bagan, who won the ISL School last season, qualified for the group phases of the AFC Champions League Two (ACL 2) and has planned competitions at least from September to December.

In the meantime, Goa plays al-seb from Oman in the preliminary stages of (ACL 2) on 13 August and may occur in the group stage of the Challenge League, planned until the end of the year.

However, the Gaurs will be part of the meeting, through their director of Voetbal, Ravi Puskur.