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10 of the country's finest football players went under the auctioneer's hammer at Indian Super League's first ever football auction

| | 10 Jul 2015, 04:47 pm
Mumbai, July 10 (IBNS): Indian Super League Players Auction, the first ever auction of football players in India, saw the eight franchises battle it out for 10 of India’s finest players in Mumbai earlier on Friday.

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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