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Best Goalkeeper - Shilton Paul Jarnail Singh Award for Best Defender - Varney K Kallon Best Midfielder - Michael Soosairaj Best Forward - Chencho Gyeltshen  Highest Scorer - Dipanda Dicka  Best Emerging Player (U-22) - Samuel Lalmuanpuia Best Match Organiser: NEROCA FC Syed Abdul Rahim Award for Best Coach: Gift Raikhan  Fairplay Award: NEROCA FC

The Kolkata-based franchise has secured the services of FC Goa defensive midfielder Pronay Halder and Mohun Bagan’s Ricky Lallawmawma and the contracts have been dated on 1 June 2018. In the interim, ATK has also shown interest in signing a goalkeeper for the coming season after Debjit Majumder didn’t have the best of campaigns. Marquee midfielder Eugeneson Lyngdoh is expected to continue his association at the Kolkata franchise for another couple of seasons.

Yuta Kinowaki had been suffering from a groin injury 

Mohun Bagan (1) bt East Bengal (0)

The clash on Sunday is expected to sell out the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata despite stiff competition from the ongoing Indian Super League (ISL).

The high-voltage derby between the arch-rivals Mohun Bagan and East Bengal is all set to kick off in at 2 pm on Sunday. The tickets will hit the offline counters on Thursday 11 am. Tickets can be purchased from offline counters until Saturday 6 pm, the day before the match.  Both the clubs were against playing at 2 pm, but they had no other option, as two ISL games are also scheduled to take place on the same day, at 5.30 pm and 8 pm respectively.

The epic encounter is all set to kick off on 3rd December, Sunday, with the match taking place at 2 pm local time.

Goalkeepers:  Dheeraj Singh Moirangthem, Sunny Dhaliwal, Prabhsukhan Singh Gill. Defenders:  Deepak Tangri, Ashish Rai, Boris Singh Thangjam, Sanjeev Stalin, Anwar Ali, Jitendra Singh, Naorem Roshan Singh, Sumit Rathi, Narender. Midfielders:  Abhishek Halder, Suresh Singh Wangjam, Amarjit Singh Kiyam, Rahul KP, Khumanthem Ninthoinganba Meetei, Nongdamba Naorem,  Jeakson  Singh Thounaojam, Namgyal Bhutia, Lalengmawia, Abhijit Sarkar. Forwards:  Edmund Lalrindika, Aniket Anil Jadhav, Rahim Ali

East Bengal will start their I-League campaign against Aizwal FC on Tuesday.

A move to a Scottish club would certainly help Dheeraj gain more exposure, which could be all the more beneficial, as he is still just 16-years-old.

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Thatal is a wonderful talent. He has scored some amazing goals in the junior levels. Thatal should be at the forefront of the next generation of Indian footballers. Playing for top clubs will give him top-level experience, and if he shines here, he can truly grow as a footballer, and perhaps take India to greater glories.

India U17 World Cup star goalkeeper Dheeraj Singh Moirangthem confirmed yesterday that he will represent the Indian Arrows in the upcoming I-League 2017/18. Indian Arrows are yet to announce their squad. They travel to Goa for their opening game against Chennai City FC on 29th November in the GMC Bambolim Stadium at 5:30 PM. The match will be televised on Star Sports 2, HD 2 and Hotstar. India has always produced quality goalkeepers in the past and Dheeraj Singh is surely one in the making. Dheeraj's campaign in the upcoming I-League is very important if he wants to land a deal in Europe in near future. After Subrata Paul and Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, Dheeraj Singh has been rated very highly in the list of quality goalkeepers in the country. India's young 'Spiderman' has finally decided where he will play this season

The top teams from the zonal league will progress to the national youth league, which will be held later this year. The margin of the victory shows the gulf in class between the youth setups of Bagan and ATK. Clearly, the ISL club needs to pay more attention to grassroots level. 

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