Anwar Ali, India’s outstanding defender, has been suspended for four months by the AIFF.
Simi did not have tuberculosis, they told us there, but the six-week medicine course had to be completed. Not only were TB drugs given to him, but steroids were as well. He thereafter developed acute jaundice and a fever. In August, we transported him back to PGI, where he was admitted to the intensive care unit. His health persisted in deteriorating, nevertheless, and the PGI physicians found that he was experiencing acute liver failure. They advised us to move Simi to Medanta, Gurugram, since there was a significant probability that he would go into a coma and that would prevent a transplant from being performed. We visited Medanta on September 3rd,” he remarked.
Anwar Ali will be subject to a four-month sports ban, and Delhi FC and East Bengal will be subject to two transfer window bans, beginning in January. The Players’ Statue Committee (PSC) of the AIFF ruled on Tuesday that Anwar Ali, Delhi FC, and East Bengal were all required to compensate Mohun Bagan with a sum of Rs 12.90 crores.
Delhi FC and East Bengal are not allowed to sign any new players during TWO registration windows.
Mohun Bagan Super Giant is eligible for Rs 12.9 crore in compensation from Anwar, East Bengal, and Delhi FC.
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— Prantik Mukherjee (@it_prantik) September 10, 2024.
Anwar, a mainstay of the Indian national team’s defence, has played 22 matches for the Blue Tigers since his international debut in March 2022, winning the Tri-Nation series (2023), the Intercontinental Cup (2023), and the SAFF Championship.
The 23-year-old has represented the national team at all age groups, from U-17 to senior level. He was an important player of the Indian team that competed in the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup on home soil. Anwar progressed through the Minerva Academy’s youth system before gaining to popularity while playing for the AIFF’s developmental side in 2017. Since 2021, Anwar has appeared in 46 Indian Super League matches.
Aside from being one of the best centre-backs in the country, Anwar has demonstrated a propensity for scoring on numerous occasions. Anwar not only scored three goals and one assist in 26 appearances last season, but he also led Delhi FC in the 2021 I-League Qualifiers with four goals.Anwar kept four clean sheets in the ISL last season, made 18 interceptions, 17 tackles, and won 45 duels. In 16 matches, I had 19 successful aerial duels, 9 blocks, 67 recoveries, 52 clearances, and 549 successful passes.
