New Delhi, Oct. 26 -- Two early developments in the 2026-27 Indian Super League (ISL) season have put the spotlight on the financial realities facing clubs under the league's new club-run structure. One of the ISL's most followed sides is set for a change of ownership, while a former head coach has publicly questioned unpaid wages at another club. Both stories have surfaced as teams operate without the previous commercial partner model.

On September 29, Kerala Blasters announced that Magnum Sports, the Hyderabad-based company that has owned the club since 2016, had signed a definitive agreement to sell its entire stake to Al Fursan. Al Fursan is a UAE-based sports and sports-technology consortium led by Sheikh Ahmad bin Faisal Al Qasimi....