New Delhi: The All India Football Federation and Indian Super League clubs are exploring the idea of pulling in all their resources together to organise the top-tier tournament after a failed tender and have agreed to seek the Supreme Court’s approval next week.

With its back to the wall, the AIFF sent an SOS call on Wednesday to ISL clubs, their captains and I-League clubs to find a way to prevent the game from coming to a grinding halt.

Barring Mohun Bagan and East Bengal, all the other 11 ISL clubs and several of their players, including Sunil Chhetri, Sandesh Jhinghan, Gurpreet Singh Sandhu and atleast three foreigners, answered that desperate call and appeared in separate meetings, where the possibility of making presentations in the apex court was discussed.

But I-League clubs stayed away, with eight of them deciding to converge in Delhi to meet Sports minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday morning.

“Keeping in mind the fundamental importance of a multi- tier league........

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