The Kolkata giants in a meeting today with the IFA | Image: XtraTime[/caption]Kolkata: As per the plan, the two heavyweights of Kolkata Football East Bengal and Mohun Bagan held a meeting with the IFA at a famous club at Kolkata to discuss about the latest solution given by the federation. But the All India Football Federation is yet to send a letter regarding the proposed new Champions League involving top five I-League and ISL teams. The reliable sources revealed that The AIFF will discuss the proposal with the ISL franchises as well to check if they are comfortable with it or not, before sending it to the IFA and the Kolkata clubs. Though sources revealed that the letter will be sent to IFA within two or three days.
The AIFF after its meeting in New Delhi on June 10 had promised to send the minutes and the proposal for the new competition for further deliberation by the two clubs.
"We have not yet received any letter so far. I will ask him to send letter at the earliest as we are getting delayed in taking any decision," IFA secretary Utpal Ganguli said after a meeting with Mohun Bagan and East Bengal officials late in the evening.
East Bengal official Debabrata Sarkar told, "We have requested for an AFC Cup slot for the I-League champions. The Champions League champions should get the other slot. Lets see how things go."
The meeting happened on a day when ISL announced two steel majors Jindal and Tata as the new entrants in the next edition as Mohun Bagan and East Bengal's induction is all but over.
Mohun Bagan Secretary Anjan Mitra said, "Onnce we get the proposal letter from The AIFF, we will start doing our procedure."
The IFA had sounded positive after their discussions with AIFF president Praful Patel on June 10 and said they were working on a new proposal.
"The discussions have been positive and the AIFF is working out on a proposal which would do no harm to the I-League clubs as well as to the ISL. They will send us the minutes and we will deliberate upon this," The IFA Secretary had said.
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