With the future of the Indian Super League (ISL) in limbo, Indian footballers have urged the sport’s global governing body, FIFA, to step in and resolve the issue of the franchise-based tournament. 

Leading figures of Indian football, including Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, Sandesh Jhingan, and Sunil Chhetri, have publicly appealed to FIFA to step in amid the ongoing crisis facing the sport in the country.