<p>India skipper Sunil Chhetri sounded positive about the possibility of him playing for the Bangalore-based I-League club owned by the JSW group. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Chhetri, who would be leaving for Portugal to play for Sporting Lisbon’s ‘B’ team, felt the Jindal group had a great vision for the sport and added it would be nice to be part of that vision. <br /><br />“They (Jindals) have great plans for the club and Bangalore as we all know has a very good sports and footballing culture. It would be exciting..let’s see what happens. You might see me here in a month’s time,’’ the striker said at a function where he handed out Nike Finisher Tees to the leading finishers at the World 10K last month here. <br /><br />Talking about his stay at Sporting, Chhetri felt he would look to move if the opportunities remain as limited as they have been. <br /><br />“I’ve just played six games so far, never started, so if things continue to stay that way then I will certainly think of coming back to India,’’ the Delhi-born forward said. <br /><br />Conference model<br /><br />Chhetri was not unduly worried about AIFF introducing the conference format for the I-League in the 2013-14 season, more so after the clubs expressed their concerns in a recent meeting. <br /><br />“Personally I have no problems with the format, as long as there is the right division of matches and the 13 international friendlies not clashing with them, I have no issues,’’ he added. <br /><br />Chhetri was non-commital on the AIFF’s plans to start a franchise-based league on the IPL model. “It’s too early to talk about that as there are not many details known about the league, I would not like to comment about it now,’’ he said. <br /><br />Chhetri said Sunday’s Confederations Cup final will be a huge game.<br /><br /> “It is going to be a massive, massive match. I am a Spain supporter but beating Brazil in their own backyard will be difficult,’’ he added. <br /><br />“Neymar going up against his Barcelona counterparts will be very interesting,’’ Chhetri said. <br /><br />Chhetri, who ran the World 10k, said the organisers were quite apprehensive when he decided to run the race as promised. <br /><br />“They told me not to embarrass us by not completing the run but when I finished the 10k in 44 minutes they were not to be seen anywhere,’’ added Chhetri eliciting laughtersfrom the audience.<br /></p>
<p>India skipper Sunil Chhetri sounded positive about the possibility of him playing for the Bangalore-based I-League club owned by the JSW group. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Chhetri, who would be leaving for Portugal to play for Sporting Lisbon’s ‘B’ team, felt the Jindal group had a great vision for the sport and added it would be nice to be part of that vision. <br /><br />“They (Jindals) have great plans for the club and Bangalore as we all know has a very good sports and footballing culture. It would be exciting..let’s see what happens. You might see me here in a month’s time,’’ the striker said at a function where he handed out Nike Finisher Tees to the leading finishers at the World 10K last month here. <br /><br />Talking about his stay at Sporting, Chhetri felt he would look to move if the opportunities remain as limited as they have been. <br /><br />“I’ve just played six games so far, never started, so if things continue to stay that way then I will certainly think of coming back to India,’’ the Delhi-born forward said. <br /><br />Conference model<br /><br />Chhetri was not unduly worried about AIFF introducing the conference format for the I-League in the 2013-14 season, more so after the clubs expressed their concerns in a recent meeting. <br /><br />“Personally I have no problems with the format, as long as there is the right division of matches and the 13 international friendlies not clashing with them, I have no issues,’’ he added. <br /><br />Chhetri was non-commital on the AIFF’s plans to start a franchise-based league on the IPL model. “It’s too early to talk about that as there are not many details known about the league, I would not like to comment about it now,’’ he said. <br /><br />Chhetri said Sunday’s Confederations Cup final will be a huge game.<br /><br /> “It is going to be a massive, massive match. I am a Spain supporter but beating Brazil in their own backyard will be difficult,’’ he added. <br /><br />“Neymar going up against his Barcelona counterparts will be very interesting,’’ Chhetri said. <br /><br />Chhetri, who ran the World 10k, said the organisers were quite apprehensive when he decided to run the race as promised. <br /><br />“They told me not to embarrass us by not completing the run but when I finished the 10k in 44 minutes they were not to be seen anywhere,’’ added Chhetri eliciting laughtersfrom the audience.<br /></p>
