ISL 2017/18 Player Draft, as it happened: Eugenson Lyngdoh, Robin Singh go to ATK, Subrata Pal joins Jamshedpur

Representational Image. Twitter/@IndSuperLeague[/caption]Eight of the nine teams have made the most of the retention regulation for the season by signing 22 Domestic Players in a bid to create the core of their squad, while Delhi Dynamos have opted to begin on a fresh note for the upcoming season. As the new team in ISL, Jamshedpur FC will get the first pick in both 1st and 2nd rounds of the Player Draft, while Delhi Dynamos FC will be the second club to exercise their right in the opening round. FC Pune City who have retained only 1 senior player will join the above two in the second round. The rest of the six clubs, except Chennaiyin FC will join the Player Draft from the 3rd round. Chennaiyin FC will be the only club to join the Player Draft from 4th Round. The 2015 champions have retained promising youngster Jerry Lalrinzuala – a capped Indian player falling under U21 category, in addition to their two senior players retention and hence will have to miss the first three rounds.ISL 2017-18 Player Draft will witness a total 15 rounds. The sequence for selection of Player Draft rounds for each club will be determined by a draw of lots on Saturday evening.The Instant Trading Card, first successfully introduced during ISL 2015 Player Draft, allows teams a second chance to trade an already picked player. From the third round onwards, any Club may, within 15 seconds of another Club announcing its Draft pick, press the buzzer to activate the “Instant Trade” process. Representatives of the clubs will then head to the Instant Trading Table to propose, negotiate and close the deal within a stipulated time. ATKSr Retained: Debjit Majumdar, Prabir DasU21 Retained: NoneNo of players to be selected : Min 13 including two U21.Entry in Draft Round : 3Bengaluru FC Sr Retained : Sunil Chhetri, Udanta SinghU21 Retained : Nishu Kumar, MalsawmzualaNo of players to be selected : Min 13Entry in Draft Round : 3Chennaiyin FCSr. Retained: Jeje Lalpekhlua, Karanjit SinghU21 Retained: Jerry Lalrinzuala (capped), Anirudh ThapaNo of players to be selected : Min 12Entry in Draft Round : 4Delhi Dynamos FCSr. Retained: NoneU21 Retained: NoneNo of players to be selected : Min 15 including two U21Entry in Draft Round: 1FC GoaSr. Retained: Laxmikant Kattimani, Mandar Rao DessaiU21 Retained: NoneNo of players to be selected : Min 13 including two U21Entry in Draft Round : 3FC Pune CitySr. Retained: Vishal KaithU21 Retained: Ashique Kuruniyan No of players to be selected : Min 14 including one U21Entry in Draft Round : 2Kerala Blasters FCSr. Retained: CK Vineeth, Sandesh JhinganU21 Retained: Prashanth KaruthadathkuniNo of players to be selected : Min 13 including one U21Entry in Draft Round : 3Mumbai City FCSr. Retained: Amrinder Singh, Sehnaj SinghU21 Retained: Rakesh OramNo of players to be selected : Min 13 including one U21Entry in Draft Round : 3North East United FCSr. Retained: Rowllin Borges, TP Rehenesh U21 Retained: NoneNo of players to be selected : Min 13 including two U21Entry in Draft Round : 3Jamshedpur FCSr. Retained: NoneU21 Retained: NoneNo of players to be selected : Min 15 including two U21Entry in Draft Round: 1