India, June 20 -- Pretty much everything Bhaichung Bhutia said circled back to what he thought of Kalyan Chaubey. On the subject of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) president, Bhutia's contemporary on the pitch, the country's most recognisable retired player has had a lot to say since Chaubey beat him 33-1 in the presidential election in 2022. Friday's gloves-were-off press conference was no different.

Sample this: "I do not know how much things will improve at AIFF if he leaves but I do know it cannot possibly get any worse." Or this: "I had told the people who supported him then that they were backing the wrong guy because I knew him as a player. Those people are now saying Bhaichung Bhutia was right." And this: "The AIFF is ju...