The Indian Super League returns with another season on Friday. Like last year, the matches will be played behind closed doors and without f...
The Indian Super League returns with another season on Friday. Like last year, the matches will be played behind closed doors and without fans.
The season, in the above-mentioned aspects, will be pretty much a carbon copy of the last one but plenty has changed elsewhere. In certain ways, change has always been a constant when it comes to the ISL. Ahead of the 2021-22 campaign, six out of the eleven clubs have new head coaches in place and most of the squads have undergone a makeover.
The narratives ahead of the new season though remain a mix of some old unanswered questions and a few new unexplored possibilities.
As the season inches closer to the starting point, here’s a look at the key storylines ahead of the 2021-22 ISL season.
Fewer foreigners, more Indians
The ISL had announced that will implement Asian Football Confederation’s 3+1 foreign player rule that will come as a huge boost for Indian players. The rule that will only allow teams to field a maximum of four foreign players on the pitch, will afford an extra Indian player a chance of being on the pitch.
The ISL has also made it mandatory for clubs to increase their development player signings from a minimum of...
