Mohun Bagan signal Albanian ahead Sadiku

Indian Super League champions Mohun Bagan’s ahead line received an enormous increase with the arrival of premier Albanian centre ahead Armando Sadiku.

The 32-year-old, who grabbed the headlines by scoring the solitary objective in Albania’s historic win over Romania in Euro 2016, penned a two-year contract, the Mariners introduced on Sunday.

With the addition of Sadiku, Mohun Bagan will now have a deadly attacking lineup with Hugo Boumous and Dimitri Petratos already of their ranks. The membership can also be prone to rope in A-League’s (Australia’s top-tier) Central Coast ahead Jason Cummings.

“We now have good idea about Indian football in Spain. So when they approached me, I looked for the league and the club, and it just took me seven days to give my consent,” Sadiku stated.

“Mohun Bagan have a huge legacy in Indian football and I’m looking forward to play for them and play a role in their success.” A identified title within the Spanish League, Sadiku final performed for La Liga 2 facet FC Cartagena and has a present market worth of Rs 5.6 crore, in accordance with ‘transfermarket’. Sadiku is believed to be a alternative for Mohun Bagan’s Finnish midfield maestro Joni Kauko who sustained an ACL damage of their match towards FC Goa and was subsequently dominated out for the rest of the season.

Sadiku has performed 38 matches for his nation Albania and scored 12 objectives.

With the switch window at present lively, the inexperienced and maroon brigade not too long ago signed promising Indian ahead Anirudh Thapa on a five-year deal.