DEVELOPMENT REPORT OF INDIAN SUPER LEAGUE Henry, Owen may play in IPL-style Indian football league next year The franchises-to be determined through an auction early next month-will also hire legendary names like former Manchester United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel and World Cup winner Marcel Desailly as managers to coach these teams. Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Bangalore, Kochi, Goa and Pune have been identified as the nine venues that will be up for sale in the auction. To promote and broadcast the league in India and across the world, IMG-R has entered into a 10-year JV with Star India. The deal, TOI has learnt, is pegged at around Rs 2,000 crore. #Confirmed Players for IMG-R League/Indian Super League : Louis Saha , Adrian Mutu , Michael Ballack , Fabio Cannavaro , Nicky Butt , Hernán Crespo, Dwight Yorke , Fredrik Ljungberg , Robert Pires , Ze Roberto , Sunsuke Nakamura , Hidestoshi Nakata. #Talks are On : Paolo Maldini , Pablo Aimar , Rivaldo , Michael Owen , Roberto Carlos , Pavel Nedved ,Edwin van der Sar , Thierry Henry. #BROADCAST PARTNERS Star India - who are on board as 30% partners through a 10-year JV #BASE PRICE FOR AUCTION OF FRANCHISE THROUGH TENDER: Rs 25 crore (approx) #POTENTIAL TEAM OWNERS WHORE LIKELY TO BID IN THE AUCTIONS I-LEAGUE: Pune FC-Piramals, East Bengal, JSW, Dempo-Salgaocar. IPL: Shah Rukh Khan, GMR, Manoj Badale, Sun Group BOLLYWOOD/CELEBRITIES: Ranbir Kapoor, John Abraham/MS Dhoni, Sourav Ganguly, Abhishek Bachchan #CORPORATES Tony Fernandes (Air Asia) QPR, Rana Kapoor (Yes Bank), Venugopal Dhoot (Videocon), Consortium of high-profile businessmen from Kerala, Sunil Bharti Mittal (Airtel), Anand Mahindra (Mahindra & Mahindra), Hero Group, Ronnie Screwala (UTV), Sabby Joseph (Wizcraft) > Soccer India
Posted on: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 15:23:12 +0000
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