We are like a new entity now, says Hyderabad FC head coach Thangboi Singto

Hyderabad FC, after a tumultuous season, aims for redemption under new ownership in the upcoming ISL campaign.

Last season was a very forgettable one for Hyderabad FC. With the club unable to pay salaries on time, there was an exodus of players and the side was penalised with a transfer ban.

That showed on the results and Hyderabad, which had won the Indian Super League title just two years earlier, finished at the bottom of the table last season. At one stage, there was even talk that the club could fold up.

Now with the B.C. Jindal Group acquiring the club and offering it a lifeline, Hyderabad is in a hurry to get ready for the ISL’s new season.

“We are in a big hurry now, there’s no time, we’ve been working day and night. Hopefully, all the hard work will help the team,” Hyderabad FC’s head coach Thangboi Singto told The Hindu in Kochi the other day.

“Very soon, everything will be announced and then people will think...ah, Hyderabad is alive.”

So has Hyderabad began settling players’ dues?

“I think it has started, it is going well in terms of everything. Whatever is remaining is being expedited, the old owners and the new owners are working together, they are trying to help all the players, I think in a few days everything will be done and hopefully, we’ll have a good start.”