ISL: Antonio Lopez Habas to be coach of merged ATK-Mohun Bagan side in coming season
FirstpostAntonio Lopez Habas who had guided them to the title in the inaugural ISL in 2014, was back at the helm at the start of 2019 following two tumultuous years, which witnessed four coaches with the team finishing ninth and sixth in the standings Kolkata: Fresh from winning a record third Indian Super League title, ATK boss Sanjiv Goenka on Sunday announced that Antonio Lopez Habas would remain the coach of their team that has merged with the country’s oldest club, Mohun Bagan. The Spaniard, who had guided them to the title in the inaugural ISL in 2014, was back at the helm at the start of 2019 following two tumultuous years, which witnessed four coaches with the team finishing ninth and sixth in the standings. With Habas set to continue, it would mean an end of the road for Kibu Vicuna at Mohun Bagan despite guiding the team to the I-League title with four rounds to spare. We beat the rest.” The merged team will be formed on 1 June and the RPSG Group chairman, who had acquired a majority shareholding of 80 per cent in the century-old club, announced that they have signed Manvir Singh from FC Goa and Subhasish Bose from Mumbai City FC for the next season.