East Bengal club will have an issue in building their team for the 2020-21 season if they are unable to negotiate a smooth exit plan from their ongoing joint venture with Quess Corp.
The Kolkata club had entered into a Joint Venture with the Bengaluru-based company in 2018 to run their footballing activities. Quess Corp, who came in as an investor, owns 70 per cent of the new entity Quess East Bengal FC while East Bengal club had the remaining 30 per cent.
It is important to note that the footballing rights to play in the I-League is with the joint venture.