ANELKA BACKED
The former English forward Paul Merson believes that with guys like Nicolas Anelka and Robert Pires going to play in the first Indian Super League, it will raise the standard of the tournament quite high.
Anelka and Pires, both of whom have played Premier League football in England, will be featuring for the central India based clubs i.e. Mumbai City and FC Goa respectively.
As per Merson, ISL is going to have the similar impact as the Indian Premier League, a franchise based cricket tournament in India.