Jamal on the verge of signing for Kolkata Mohammedan

Bangladesh national team captain Jamal Bhuiyan is all but confirmed to sign for Indian outfit Kolkata Mohammedan for the upcoming I-League, subject to a confirmation to return to his current outfit Saif SC for the second phase of the upcoming Bangladesh Premier League (BPL).

It was learned that a tri-party agreement involving Jamal, Kolkata Mohammedan and Saif SC is going to be signed within a couple of days.

"The transfer window of the Indian League has already been closed [on October 24] but as per an exceptional clause of FIFA, the clubs can still sign players, who, however, must be a free player during the period of the transfer window. And Kolkata Mohammedan are taking this opportunity to sign Jamal," Saif SC general secretary Mahbubur Rahman Sumon told The Daily Star yesterday.   

"As we want Jamal to play for Saif SC from the second phase of the upcoming BPL, we have asked Jamal to discuss with Kolkata Mohammedan on whether he can sign an agreement till April 20," said Suman adding that they want to re-sign Jamal during the mid-season transfer window of BPL from April 15 to 30 as the I-League is scheduled to end on April 30.

"Jamal has already informed Mohammedan about the matter and if they agree on it, then we don't have any objection in giving Jamal a clearance to play for them," said Suman.    

Jamal, who has been playing for Saif SC for the last three seasons, wasn't responding though he had said earlier that if he was offered a good contract, then he would consider it. But if the contract was similar to that of Saif SC, he would rather choose to play in Bangladesh.