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Kerala Blasters hopes to make a strong comeback

Following The appointment of former Kerala Blaster player David James as head coach, KBFC hopes to make a turnaround in the ISL after being pushed down to 8th position.

David James who is also played for England was Kerala Blasters’ marquee player in 2014 inaugural ISL season during which Blasters reached the final though lost to Atletico Madrid Kolkata.

“David James arrived in Kochi today and we have appointed him as head coach of Kerala Blasters for the remainder of the ISL. We have informed the ISL which has approved his (James’) taking over as head coach of Kerala Blasters,” a team official told PTI on the condition of anonymity.

As soon as he arrived, 47-year-old James, who spent seven years at Premier League side Liverpool between 1992 and 1999 playing 214 matches, had a meeting with team owners and officials.

It is also learnt that the ISL issued a prompt permission to James’ appointment as he was earlier a part of the league in the inaugural edition.

That was the reason for his appointment being cleared just a day after the sacking of Dutchman Meulensteen.

James is expected to be in the Kerala Blasters dugout in their home match against FC Pune City on Thursday.

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Yesterday, the Sachin Tendulkar co-owned side sacked Meulensteen following their woeful performance so far in the ISL season. The decision came after the Blasters suffered a 1 -3 defeat at home to Bengaluru FC on 31 December.

The Blasters, last season’s runners-up side, are languishing at the eighth spot in the 10-team league table with just one win from seven matches. They have four draws and two losses to collect just seven points so far.

The Kochi-based side failed to impress this season so far despite having signed high profile players such as Dimitar Berbatov, Wes Brown, Sandesh Jhingan and CK Vineeth.

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