Bagan appoints Biswajit coach after Chatterjee`s resignation
Mohun Bagan today appointed former India international Biswajit Bhattacharjee as their new coach for the remainder of the season after Satyajit Chatterjee quit the job following a series of listless performances.
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Kolkata: Mohun Bagan today appointed former
India international Biswajit Bhattacharjee as their new coach
for the remainder of the season after Satyajit Chatterjee quit
the job following a series of listless performances by the
outfit in the I-League and KFL premier division.
"After much deliberations overnight we have decided to
appoint Bhattacharjee as our chief coach till the end of the
season," Mohun Bagan General Secretary Anjan Mitra told
reporters here.
"It`s very disappointing that during a season we have had
to change our coaches for the second time," Mitra added.
With Mohun Bagan having lost out of I-League title race
following a four-match winless streak, which included
back-to-back losses to relegation threatened Sporting Clube de
Goa and Lajong FC, Chatterjee put in his papers yesterday,
barely less than two months after his appointment.
After Moroccan Karim Bencherifa parted ways, Chatterjee,
a former Mohun Bagan player, started his stint with a bang
with a 5-1 whipping of Chirag United.
But the green and maroon brigade soon lost track with
losses to two bottom-rung clubs.
"We never asked him to go. He was given full freedom. We
have good relations with both the coaches and they can still
return. He thought that he could not perform his role as per
the expectation so he opted to part ways. But he is not
leaving permanently. He became very disappointed after Bagan`s
recent failures," Mitra said. Mitra urged the fans to support the team in times of
crisis.
"We should not expect to perform in one standard
throughout the season," he said.
Bhattacharjee, who was in the hot seat for sometime in
the 2005-06 season, said he was well aware of the risk
involved.
"Right from my playing days, we have learnt to take
pressure. We have been continuously exposed to the criticism
and abuses of fans. That`s why I am taking such a risk," he
said.
Currently on Calcutta Port Trust`s roster, the former
India forward said, "I have taken permission from the Port
Trust."
Asked about his immediate target, he said, "I have to
maintain the quality."
Bagan also announced the appointment of Dipesh
Bhattacharjee as the team physio, while Hemanta Dora was
retained as the goalkeeping coach.
In their next I-League match, Bagan face Salgaocar, a
team under their former coach Bencherifa, on April 10.
Bagan are now placed on the fifth spot in the I-League
standings with 25 points from 18 matches.
PTI
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