ISL 2025-26 season: A rescue mission or a reckoning for Indian football?
Indian football veteran Pradhyum Reddy gives an overview of the truncated ISL season as teams and players still grapple with the uncertainty and instability of the system.
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Show Notes
After months of administrative paralysis, the Indian Super League 2025-26 season finally kicks off in February 2026, but this is no ordinary season.With the collapse of the AIFF's commercial partnership, slashed budgets, mass pay cuts and a condensed four-month format, Indian football finds itself at a crossroads.What does this truncated version of the tournament mean for players and clubs? Are fewer foreigners this season good or bad for the league? And how deep has the crisis cut into the Indian football pyramid?Football veteran Pradhyum Reddy previews the season ahead and also unpacks the sorry state of affairs of Indian football’s top-flight league and how the crisis has impacted the football ecosystem.
Guest: Pradhyum Reddy, coach and commentator
Host: Reuben Joe Joseph
Edted by Sharmada Venkatasubramanian
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