Gurpreet on lookout for bigger clubs in Europe
Sandhu on Tuesday said he will explore and strive to go a notch higher in European club football next year.
India football team coach Stephen Constantine is likely to
get a one-year contract extension, top sources in the know confirmed on
Thursday.
The All India Football Federation (AIFF) general secretary
Kushal Das has been entrusted by the technical task force, which met in Mumbai
on Wednesday, to offer the Briton the extension, the source said.
“Stephen will continue for another year. Kushal will
speak to him and offer an year’s extension,” he told said on condition of
anonymity.
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“By November 15 it will be confirmed,” he said.
Constantine, who took over the reins of the Indian team in
January 2015, is learnt to be presently in North Korea as a pro license course
instructor.
Constantine’s contract expires on February 28 next year.
Das is likely to offer him a contract once he returns, which
will extend the association till February 2018.
The meeting in Mumbai was attended by AIFF technical
committee chairman Bhaichung Bhutia, Western Indian Football Association’s
(WIFA) CEO Henry Menezes, Kerala Football Association secretary Anil Kumar and
AIFF academy instructor Scott O’Donell, besides Das.
In his second stint as coach, Constantine failed to guide
India in the 2018 World Cup/Asian Cup qualifiers with the side ending last in
Group D, which also had Iran and Oman, and lowly ranked Guam.
He guided India to the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF)
Championship win — beating Afghanistan 1-0 in the summit clash — in January
this year.
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