10 of the country's finest football players went under the auctioneer's hammer at Indian Super League's first ever football auction
Ten players who have featured for the Indian national team and had missed the Indian Super League’s (ISL) inaugural season went under the hammer for the eight teams in the first-of-a-kind auction. UK based Charlie Ross began the auctioneer proceedings by making clear the rules of the process. What followed next was a test of business skills and a fight between the franchises to pick the players of their choice.
Charlie Ross was at his best as the auctioneer that witnessed Indian football captain Sunil Chhetri bagging the highest bid, a whopping Rs. 1.20 Crore from Team Mumbai City FC. Eugeneson Lyngdoh the 28 year old midfielder came a close second by breaking through the 1 crore ceiling, winning a bid price of Rs 1.05 crore successfully bought over by FC Pune City following a round of bids from Mumbai City FC, Atletico de Kolkata and NorthEast United FC.
Rino Anto, India’s best rightback turned out to be the dark horse of the ISL bagging a surprise bid price of Rs 90 lakhs when he was picked up by Atletico de Kolkata. Charles Ross was in total rhythm for Rino’s bid bringing up the amount to Rs. 90 lakhs from the base price of Rs. 17.50 lakhs. Chennaiyin FC grabbed a sweet deal with Karanjit Singh, the only available goal keeper at the auction for his base price of Rs. 60 lakhs. Chennaiyin FC also bid successfully for Thoi Singh, the 24 year old talented midfielder for Rs 86 lakhs.
Details of the players and auction bid price is as below:
Sr No Player Buying Team Base Price Auction Fee
01 Sunil Chhetri Mumbai City FC Rs. 80 Lakhs Rs. 1.20 Crore
02 Eugeneson Lyngdoh FC Pune City Rs. 27.50 Lakhs Rs. 1.05 Crore
03 Rino Anto Atletico de Kolkata Rs. 17.50 Lakhs Rs. 90 Lakh
04 Thoi Singh Chenaiyin FC Rs. 39 Lakhs Rs. 86 Lakhs
05 Arata Izumi Atletico de Kolkata Rs. 40 Lakhs Rs. 68 lakhs
06 Karanjit Singh Chennaiyin FC Rs. 60 Lakhs Rs 60 Lakhs
07 Seityasen Singh NorthEast United FC Rs. 20 lakhs Rs 56 Lakhs
08 Robin Singh Delhi Dynamos FC Rs. 40 Lakhs Rs. 51 lakhs
09 Jackichand Singh FC Pune City Rs. 20 Lakhs Rs. 45 Lakhs
10 Anas Edathodika Delhi Dynamos FC Rs. 40 Lakhs Rs. 41 lakhs
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