Kolkata: Just days after the Indian Super League confirmed that Mohammedan Sporting Club will be the newest side in the domestic top-tier competition, taking the total number of teams in the upcoming season to 13, question marks were raised over the side’s participation this season.
It was only recently that Shrachi Sports came on board and decided to buy 50 per cent share from Bunker Hill, who earlier owned 61 per cent share in Mohammedan Sporting Club Pvt Ltd.
But Bunker Hill director Dipak Singh on Monday claimed that the club has not transferred those shares to them yet.
In a social media message, Singh also said that a number of discrepancies have some to light in the term sheet and final agreement document between the two companies as well as the club which is not acceptable to Bunker Hill. “We had discussions and arguments over these for the last 15 days. We were almost there, but now it looks like the Bunker Hill-Shrachi deal will not happening,” he stated. “We have invested heavily in the club for the last four years, but due to some wrong expectations, the new deal has fallen through,” he stated.
MSC thus face a tough road ahead to their maiden ISL campaign which they were supposed to kickstart with a match against NEUFC on Sep 16.