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New Delhi: The interminable debate between clubs and national teams has again grown as some ISL franchises, led by Bengaluru FC, have refused to release players for the preparatory championship According to sources from the Indonesian Football Federation (AIFF), ISL teams have questioned the logic of a 45-day camp starting Saturday and said not being able to release players for such a long time
. "Since the SAFF tournament will be played from September 4 to 15 in Bangladesh and the ISL will start almost immediately, the Bangalore franchise asked what is the need to keep players away from the club for 45 days," said a official of AIFF.
Head coach Stephen Constantine called 34 players, all but one in the under-23 age group, for the camp. India is the defending champion
While only one player comes from the I-League, he is expected to take the boys to Australia in mid-August for friendly matches.
Although there is little chance that the camp starts, AIFF hopes to come out of stalemate after discussing the matter with Constantine, who is expected to return to India on Thursday.
Meanwhile, on Wednesday, the federation's technical committee named Floyd Pinto as head coach of the Indian Arrows. place of Luis Norton de Matos. The Portuguese coach resigned by citing personal problems.
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