Anas Edathodika, Eugeneson Lyngdoh, Subrata Paul Among Costliest Players: Complete List of Players Signed at ISL Draft 2017-18

Anas Edathodika and midfielder Eugeneson Lyngdoh were signed by Jamshedpur FC and ATK at ISL draft in Mumbai.

Written by: Sudipta Biswas

Published: July 23, 2017, 5:08 PM IST

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Eugeneson Lyngdoh will play for ATK this season.

In the 2017 Indian Super League (ISL) players draft Anas Edathodika and midfielder Eugeneson Lyngdoh emerged as the costliest players in the auction in Mumbai at a posh hotel, The duo was picked for Rs 1.1 crore by new Tata Steel’s Jamshedpur FC and two-time ISL champion Amar Tomar Kolkata (ATK).

Other top picks in the first four rounds were goalkeeper Subrata Paul, who was picked by Jamshedpur for Rs 87 lakh and right-back Pritam Kotal, grabbed by Delhi Dynamos for Rs 75 lakh.

“He (Lyngdoh) was our no. 1 pick. He also scores goals and should be valuable,” ATK coach Teddy Sheringham told reporters.

Lyngdoh was in the eye of ATK technical director Ashley Westwood, who was the head coach of Bengaluru FC where he found talented Lyngdoh in its ranks.

Mumbai City FC picked striker Balwant Singh (Rs 65 lakh) in the third round and goalie Arindam Bhattacharya (Rs 64 lakh) in the fourth round. Rino Anto went to Kerala Blasters for Rs 63 lakh.

Among other picks, FC Goa drafted in Pranoy Halder (Rs 58 lakh) and Narayan Das (Rs 58 lakh) while Chennaiyin FC bagged Thoi Singh (Rs 57 lakh) respectively.

A total of 24 players were drafted at the end of first four rounds.

Here is the full team:  

Jamshedpur FC

Delhi Dynamos

Kerala Blasters

North East United: 

FC Goa

Bengaluru FC

Atletico de Kolkata

Chennaiyin FC

Mumbai City FC

FC Pune City

ISL’s founder chairperson, Nita Ambani, earlier announced that Hero MotoCorp has extended its title sponsorship of the League for another three years, amounting to INR 160 crore.

The 4th edition of the ISL is set to commence on November 17 and a total of 95 matches are to be played in four months, with two new teams increasing the size of the event.