{"id":8185,"date":"2012-07-05T01:50:04","date_gmt":"2012-07-05T01:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=8185"},"modified":"2012-07-05T01:50:04","modified_gmt":"2012-07-05T01:50:04","slug":"sporting-lisbon-may-rope-in-indian-striker-sunil-chettri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=8185","title":{"rendered":"Sporting Lisbon may rope in Indian striker Sunil Chettri"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-3022\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/sunilchhetri.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Sunil Chhetri\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: left; margin: 6px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/sunilchhetri.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/sunilchhetri-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>New Delhi: <\/strong>Top Portuguese football club Sporting Lisbon may rope in India striker Sunil Chettri as their foreign recruit. The club is likely to make an announcement here on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>All India Football Federation sources told IANS that the club is planning to launch several development programmes in India, and Chettri will be a part of those activities as well.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is a real pleasure for me and an exciting moment in my career to join a European giant like Sporting Lisbon. I have dreamt of this day and always believed that my time will come. It is now a reality. I will make it count for India,&#8221; Chettri was quoted as saying by goal.com.<\/p>\n<p>Sporting Lisbon&#8217;s move is being seen as a step to capture the 1.2 billion Indian market, which has become a lucrative field for European football clubs.<\/p>\n<p>Chettri, a former Kansas City striker, is at present a free agent after being released by Mohun Bagan.<\/p>\n<p>Chettri earlier had appeared for trials at Coventry, Queens Park Rangers and Glasgow Rangers without much success.<em> (IANS)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: Top Portuguese football club Sporting Lisbon may rope in India striker Sunil Chettri as their foreign recruit. The club is likely to make an announcement here on Thursday. 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