Kit Symons told the ISL Media,
The former Fulham, Crystal Palace, and Wales national team manager further added,
Symons was the assistant coach of Chinese Super League club Heibei China Fortune in 2019 briefly before the management sacked the entire coaching staff. At the Football United show before the match between Bengaluru FC and Jamshedpur FC, Symons said both the leagues were very similar but the major difference between them was the number of teams involved.
While the Chinese Super League have 16 clubs, ISL only has 10. As a result, the footballers are getting less playing time as compared to their Chinese counterparts.
India’s national team coach Igor Stimac has time and again advocated the need for more number of matches in club football as the long off-season can hamper the growth of players. It was re-iterated later by national team regulars like Gurpreet Singh Sandhu and Sandesh Jhingan.
With the ISL managers also championing the cause of more number of matches, we might see a longer league from the next season onwards.
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