Beyond The Goal

The previous post was flooded with lot of queries and reactions from the football fraternity. But few understood the message. Some thought I was criticising the AIFF. Well, it was definitely not a tirade against AIFF deal or a corporate tie-up. I only highlighted the corruption inside Football House. It wasn't any figment of an imagination. So those who still couldn't read the actual message, I request them to browse through it once again. Shouldn't we have some clarity on Indian football officials? There are plenty of unanswered questions which needs to be answered. We need to know who are the 'brains' behind Indian football's development? Why the 'outgoing' secretary Alberto Colaco is still around despite resigning last June? Some say it is his 'crocodile tears' which has helped him win those AIFF members who wanted his removal after former president Priya Ranjan Dasmunshi went into coma. Ahhh. Crocodile Tears! In Hindi, we say magarmach ke aan...

Last year, I got an anonymous mail from someone who wanted to expose a big racket involving Indian football and that too right inside its headquarter at Football House. Almost a year later, the rumour have resurfaced again following the Panasonic deal with AIFF. There are strong rumours that one of the top AIFF officials has operated as a 'shadow' agent on behalf of Panasonic and in the process made good money. Last year, when I broke the news about this 'shadow' agent to AIFF's all-powerful and power-centric secretary Alberto Colaco, he looked the other way. How can a person who is engaged in bringing money to football federation, can actually engage in personal business ventures? Why they use their AIFF profile to build network for their future business expansion? Colaco, once again, looked the other way and smartly evaded the question. Actually, he didn't want to answer because he himself has been partly responsible due to his faulty recruitment policies. No ...