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I-League Champions Gokulam Kerala recently signed an foreign midfielder for the upcoming season. Farshad Noor, the player from Afghanistan will join the Malabarians to bolster the squad in their second consecutive I-League campaign. Pic - Farshad Noor ( Google) He started his football career at PSV youth academy and played for various European clubs including Jong PSV, Roda JC Kerkrade, AFC Eskilstuna etc, and for Indonesian club Persib Bandung in Liga 1. Last season he played for a Baharini club  Al-Hala SC.  His most successful stint was for Nea Salamis where he scored 6 goals in 59 matches. In his early days he was in Netherlands u17 team and recently played against India in Asian Cup Qualifiers for the Afghanistan national team. He displayed a brilliant performance against India on that match. 

The 21 year old Indian forward Subha Ghosh has joined I-League side Gokulam Kerala FC on multi years deal. He terminated his contract with Indian Super League side Kerala Blasters FC after having no game time for their senior team.  pic - Subha Ghosh ( Google ) The player, Subha Ghosh is a academy product of Mohun Bagan. Firstly he played for Mohun Bagan junior teams and then promoted to senior team in 2019. In that season he played total 8 matches for Mohun Bagan in the I-League and scored 3 late goals that season. He won I-League 2019-20 with them. Then he eventually joined newly formed ATK Mohun Bagan, but soon he was signed by Kerala Blasters on a three year deal following coach Kibu Vicuna. Last season he played for East Bengal on loan from Kerala Blasters where he had the chance to play only 3 matches. This year, he played for Kerala Blasters B team, which played this year's Durand Cup edition. 

Northeast United FC announced the signing of ex Gokulam Kerala FC midfielder Emil Benny for the upcoming ISL season. The 21 year old Indian midfielder played a vital role in Gokulam Kerala's I-League winning campaign.  pic - Emil Benny ( Google ) The young midfielder can play the role of attacking midfielder and has very skill in box-to-box situation. He already won I-League two times with Gokulam Kerala FC. And in 2020-21, he awarded as the emerging player of the season for his standout performance. He also included in 2020-21 I-League team of the season. He played total 32 matches for Gokulam Kerala and scored 4 goals for them. The malabarian also played in 2022 AFC Cup group stage matches for his previous club.  Marco Bulbul, the man from Israel will lead the highlanders in the upcoming Indian Super League.