A Mohun Bagan Fan Exclusive Story:
Mohun Bagan looks like to have won the race for Jason Cummings. As per reliable sources the Mohun Bagan management have chased the signature of the Australian worldcupper for past 2 years.
As we exclusively broke the news of Jason Cummings interest on 4th of April last month in our Facebook page; quickly the news was confirmed by xtratime Bangla and other reliable journalists.
#TransferRumour শেষ পোস্টের সূত্র ধরে বলছি, অস্ট্রেলিয়ার জাতীয় দলের সদস্য Jason Cummings কে টার্গেট করেছে...
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It was widely reported Mohun Bagan has reached advanced talks with Cummings on 10th of April but still the deal was pending as Jason was focusing on his ongoing season with Central coast Mariners.
After chasing the signature for almost 2 months,it can be said Mohun Bagan has verbaly agreed the deal with Cummings, but the player is yet to sign the contract.
Jason has helped Central coast mariners to reach their first Australian League play-off this season scoring 16 goals in the league, and he has already scored in the first leg semi final against Adelaide United to help his team winning 2-1.
With a potential final approaching it feels like Jason will sign the deal once his season with Central coast mariners finishes.
Central coast mariners is ready to let Jason go with the money Mohun Bagan management has offered, and now it is believed Jason has agreed to sign a deal with the Indian club. The length of the contract and the financial package is not yet known but it is believed the deal might be a 2 year deal.
Mohun Bagan historically had great foreign strikers in their ranks. The likes of Chima, Igor, Odafa, Papa Diawara; all played for the Mohun Bagan brigade and had great careers here.
Jason Cummings has a great Pedigree with starting his career in Scotland then moving to England then coming back to Scotland for Rangers and then finally moving to Australia where he is ruling the league and he has made his World Cup appearance too.
Jason has made his World Cup debut in Qatar last year where he was pictured with the legendary Lionel Messi.
When Jason signs the deal with Mohun Bagan, he will surely become one of the best players to play in Indian football.
As per transfer market data, Jason is currently valued at 9.6 crores which will surpass the currently most valued Indian super league player Dimitri Petratos who is currently valued at 7.2 crores and who also plays for Mohun Bagan.
The Mohun Bagan management dreams for success in Asia and Jason Cummings signature proves they are serious about it. Along with Jason Mohun Bagan has already reached verbal agreements with Akash Mishra and they are eying to bring in another foreign Central midfielder.
With this signatures Mohun Bagan will surely become a hot contender for the league shield next season and Mohun Bagan will look to bring the first League title home after 2019-20 season which will be their 6th League title overall.