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The ISL, first played in 2014, was once home to the likes of Alessandro Del Piero, Robbie Keane, and Freddie Ljungberg, though it is missing that kind of star power this season - perhaps understandable, given the current circumstances. The Liverpool legend joined after a spell in Australia, and he soon snapped up Pilkington, who was on the out-of-contract list.
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Robbie Fowler’s East Bengal FC are the newest team in the 11-team tournament, having been officially announced just weeks before the opening tie. Goa, more specifically, where all of this year’s Indian Super League games are being played across three stadiums. “Obviously you never know what’s going to happen in your career - but I am where I am.”
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“I’d had some interest from England and other places, but I’ve been playing there all my career, so when this opportunity came up and it offered the chance to experience something different, I thought, ‘I’ve done more than I ever dreamed of since starting out in non-league when I was 18.’ “There were no contracts for more experienced players, the majority of them left and the club have to play U23 players now.it’s terrible. “We know what happened with the Wigan owners, deciding to bail, it’s a terrible thing that’s happened to the club,” Pilkington said.