They all play in the senior division league in CFA

I-League club Chennai City FC on Wednesday signed nine players who play in the Chennai Football Association’s senior division league for its third season in the I-League.

The players are Shine John (Hindustan Eagles), Shem Marton and Karthik (Viva Chennai), Rajeevan (Arrows), Ameerudeen (Income Tax), Ajith Kumar (CUFC), Jude Felix Nixon and Pravitto (Indian Bank) and Pradison (CCFC).

Speaking about the selection process, club’s head coach Akbar Bin Abdul Nawas said, “We closely followed these players during the senior division league and short-listed around 25 players.

After that we had three days of training camp for these players before conducting a practice match.”

Nawas added, “We are really happy with the players we have selected.

“A lot of them are very young and sound technically. But the challenge for them is to get used to the intensity of play seen in the I-League, something they are not used to. Going forward, these players will need to improve physically and tactically.”

The club is also likely to sign K. Balagumaran as the assistant coach after Spaniard Jordi Villa left to take a job at New York City FC.