Sunil Chhetri is perfectly fine with new coach Igor Stimac's view that no player can take his place in the team for granted, a statement that was followed up by "many phone calls" to the Indian football talisman.
"He (Stimac) said that to us in the first meeting, that's a great one. A lot of people called me because of that. And I wondered if he would have said, no matter what people do, he will always play. You will not like that either," Chhetri said Saturday.
The Indian team is undergoing a camp here to prepare for the upcoming Kings' Cup in Thailand, which will be Stimac's first assignment.
The 34-year-old Chhetri added, "And he (Stimac) said the right thing that no matter what anyone is or the name who performs well is going to be in the team.
"The way he gauges, everyone is same in his eyes, which is a good thing because everyone has a fair chance of coming to the team."
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