Indians mulling multi-million pound football league on lines of IPL - India News and Travel Times Provides India-centric and other News and Features

Indians are planning a multi-million pound football league on the lines of the mega rich Indian Premier League. They want to launch a two-month league within three years using big international names who are at the end of their contracts. Three well-known football dealmakers, Pini Zahavi , Chris Nathaniel and Kia Joorabchian will help establish the competition. A number of Indians have been linked with takeovers at English Premier League clubs but will now invest at home and bring players to them. Football's IPL is part of a wider strategy geared to bidding for the 2026 or 2030 World Cup. Moves are being made to attract top clubs for friendly cups over the next two years. "It's a very exciting concept. If players are out of contract there will be nothing to stop them coming," The Sun quoted an Indian source, as saying. " India saw how Major League Soccer got David Beckham . This would be on a much bigger scale," the source added.