{"id":27362,"date":"2016-06-07T03:43:22","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T03:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=27362"},"modified":"2016-06-07T03:43:22","modified_gmt":"2016-06-07T03:43:22","slug":"trying-to-fill-in-the-boots-of-a-legend-says-gurpreet-singh-sandhu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=27362","title":{"rendered":"Trying to fill in the boots of a legend, says Gurpreet Singh Sandhu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-27361\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Gurpreet-Sandhu.jpg\" alt=\"Gurpreet Sandhu\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" width=\"250\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Gurpreet-Sandhu.jpg 250w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Gurpreet-Sandhu-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>GUWAHATI:<\/strong> The first Indian to play in the top-flight of European Football is a man of few words &ndash; &lsquo;hardworking, committed and passionate.&rsquo;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the official pre-match press conference, Indian team captain Sunil Chhetri put things into perspective and stated: &ldquo;Gurpreet is a much better player now than he was before.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He was my room-mate when he first came and I had no idea he would reach where he is now. He used to be cocky and couldn&rsquo;t run on the ground. But look at him now &#8212; he is a completely different Player&rdquo;, Chhetri opined recollecting Gurpreet&rsquo;s baby steps in football.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I need a player like him and I wish him all the best for the future,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Gurpreet, sitting two chairs nodded and muttered: &ldquo;Thank you Paaji.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>After becoming the first Indian to make his debut for Stabek FC in the Norwegian Tippenligaen, Gurpreet Singh Sandhu has earned many admirers for his trade between the sticks.<\/p>\n<p>Head Coach Stephen Constantine was also all praise for the former East Bengal custodian. &ldquo;The sacrifices Gurpreet made are tremendous. To compete against European Players in Europe and make a mark is a commendable feat,&rdquo; he maintained.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Gurpreet waited for more than 2 years to make his debut for Stabek and that screams of commitment to the sport,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;Apart from his skills, he is well grounded and does not show off and that is his biggest strength.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;However he still has a lot of work to do and I am happy that I gave him his first International cap. If he continues to works hard, the sky is the limit,&rdquo; Constantine felt.<\/p>\n<p>When inquired about him replacing &lsquo;Spiderman&rsquo; Subrata Paul between the Indian sticks in the starting XI, Gurpreet was all praise for &ldquo;Subrata-bhai.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I have learnt a lot from Subrata-bhai and therefore it is a huge honour for me to fill his boots. At the same time, it is very important for me to perform every single time I play for India because I am trying to fill in the boots of a legend,&rdquo; Gurpreet said pointing out Subrata Paul&rsquo;s contribution to Indian Football.<\/p>\n<p>By Joseph Solomon,<br \/>AIFF Media Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-27361\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Gurpreet-Sandhu.jpg\" alt=\"Gurpreet Sandhu\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" width=\"250\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Gurpreet-Sandhu.jpg 250w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Gurpreet-Sandhu-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>GUWAHATI:<\/strong> The first Indian to play in the top-flight of European Football is a man of few words &ndash; &lsquo;hardworking, committed and passionate.&rsquo;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the official pre-match press conference, Indian team captain Sunil Chhetri put things into perspective and stated: &ldquo;Gurpreet is a much better player now than he was before.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27361,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[12975,3541,466,11624,455,861],"class_list":["post-27362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football-football","tag-football-news","tag-gurpreet-singh-sandhu","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-stephen-constantine","tag-subrata-paul","tag-sunil-chhetri"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Trying to fill in the boots of a legend, says Gurpreet Singh Sandhu - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; 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