ISL Transfer Watch: Chennaiyin FC sign local lad Ajith Kumar from Bengaluru FC

The
Chennai-born
defender
will
be
joining
his
home
side
following
a
two-year
stint
at
Bengaluru
FC.

The
25-year-old,
who
usually
plays
in
the
left-back
position,
featured
in
13
matches
in
the
last
two
ISL
seasons
for
Bengaluru
FC.

He
also
played
in
four
AFC
Cup
as
well
as
five
Durand
Cup
matches
for
them.

Ajith
is
returning
to
the
city
where
he
began
his
professional
career.
In
2018,
he
made
his
professional
debut
with
Chennai
City
FC
and
went
on
to
play
a
crucial
role
in
the
club’s
maiden
I-League
title-winning
campaign,
appearing
in
all
20
league
games.

“Feels
good
to
come
back
to
Chennai,
but
this
time
as
a
Chennaiyin
FC
player.
I
can’t
wait
to
play
in
front
of
the
home
fans,”
Ajith
told

CFC
Media
on
returning
to
home
city.

During
his
two-year
stint
with
Chennai
City,
Ajith
made
42
appearances
across
competitions,
including
Super
Cup
and
AFC
Cup.

Welcoming
Ajith
into
the
club,
CFC
co-owner
Vita
Dani
said:
“We
always
love
it
when
we
bring
a
performing
Chennai
player
back
to
this
city
and
that’s
exactly
what
Ajith
Kumar
is.”

CFC
will
be
eyeing
a
better
show
this
time
as
in
the
2020-21
ISL
season,
the
Yellow
Brigade
finished
a
poor
eighth
and
failed
to
make
it
to
the
play-offs.

They
had
started
the
ISL
2021-22
season
under
Bozidar
Bandovic
before
the
well-travelled
Montenegrin
coach
and
the
club
decided
to
part
ways
midway
through
the
campaign
following
a
string
of
poor
results.

Ex-India
international
Sabir
Pasha
then
took
over
the
Yellow
Brigade
on
an
interim
basis.Recently
they
roped
in
Thomas
Brdaric
as
the
new
head
coach
of
the
club
ahead
of
the
upcoming
season.

In
his
most
recent
spell,
the
German
coach
led
KF
Vllaznia
to
the
Albanian
Cup
for
two
successive
seasons.

The
team
had
also
finished
runners
up
in
the
Albanian
Championship
in
the
2020-21
season.