Mohun Bagan Super Giant has managed to struck a deal finally with their one of the prime target for this upcoming season as Mohun Bagan is set to sign Australian 27-years-old striker Jason Cummings from the Central Coast Mariners in the Australian A-League.
Mohun Bagan set to sign Jason Cummings from Central Coast Mariners
Jason Cummings played a key role in guiding the Mariners to the A-League Final that they will be playing on the 3rd of June against the Melbourne City FC.
Central Coast finished 2nd in the league phase behind Melbourne City and then managed to beat Adelaide United over the two legs to book a place in the A-League Final and will be going for the ultimate glory.
Update: Mohun Bagan sign Jason Cummings
Cummings has, as of writing this, featured in 27 A-League matches and has scored 17 goals in that. He is currently the 2nd leading goal scorer in the A-League 2022-2023 season with obvious choice Jamie Maclaren at the top of the pile.
As for ATK Mohun Bagan, soon to reincarnated as the Mohun Bagan Super Giant on June the 1st, they got the lift the Indian Super League (ISL) Trophy this season, in what was their third season in the competition.
After finishing third in the league phase behind Mumbai City FC and Hyderabad FC, they got the better of Odisha FC and Hyderabad FC in the Playoffs before going on to beat Indian captain Sunil Chhetri led side Bengaluru FC in the penalty shootout to win the ISL 2022-2023 Cup.
For the Green and Maroon brigade, another Australian striker Dimitri Petratos was the leading man upfront this season. Normally a attacking midfielder, Petratos scored 12 goals and missed out on the Golden Boot because of game time having scored the same amount of goals as Golden Boot winner Diego Mauricio and arch-rival East Bengal's striker Cleiton Silva.
Mohun Bagan transfer news
Mohun Bagan always goes for some big signing before the start of new season. With the likes of Joni Kauko, Dimitri Petratos, Hugo Boumous, Ashish Rai, Liston Colaco, the management have never backed down to spend big and build a championship winning team.
Same is the case this year, Mohun Bagan Super Giant this season is looking to get the signatures of Indian left-back Akash Mishra, Anirudh Thapa, while defender Anwar Ali has already agreed to join the team beside Jason Cummings.
There is very minimal outgoings likely for this season, with some of the youngsters might get a loan move to the I-League clubs to further their development. Besides, players whose contract has expired, the likes of Tiri, Slavko Damjanovic and Federico Gallego are set to move on.
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