AGENCIES, CHENNAI: Ronaldinho will play for Goa at the Premier Futsal, which will kick-start, at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai, on July 15.
The first edition of the league will see 6 franchises divided in two groups to battle it out over 8 match days and 13 matches to make it to the finals which will be played in Goa on July 24.
The unveiling of Manchester United Ambassador – Ryan Giggs, Ronaldinho – the smiling assassin from Brazil and the Argentine forward Hernan Crespo completed the signing of their 6 marquee players.
Premier Futsal has previously announced Manchester United’s midfield maestro Paul Scholes and Galactico Michel Salgado as their other signings.
With Portuguese international Deco having to drop out last minute because of injury, the Pele of Futsal, Falcao will replace him as the sixth marquee player for the league.
Premier Futsal also introduced all its franchise owners for the first edition, on Tuesday.
The Mumbai franchise has been picked up by the renowned car designer Dilip Chhabria, where as the Goa and Kochi franchises have been bought by Viiking Ventures Pvt. Ltd. and Dubai based Yes Events Management respectively.
Premier Futsal recently announced Kannada film star Puneeth Rajkumar as the owner of the Bengaluru 5’s franchise. The Kolkata franchise was bought by Bengali superstar Jeet, while Janani Ramesh was the first to pick a team in its debut season.
The teams for each of the franchises were also announced today.
The teams have been picked by an independent committee comprising of International Futsal experts with a view to make the teams balanced and the league competitive.
For the next season, all the Futsallers will go back in to the bidding pool and the owners will have to pick their team through a bidding process.
The marquee players which have allotted will remain with the six franchises for the next season as well.
