Wednesday 3 August 2016 18:59, UK
Former Arsenal and Barnet goalkeeper Graham Stack is poised to join Indian Super League (ISL) side Kerala Blasters.
Stack is expected to join the Cochin-based outfit as a player-coach after performing a similar role during his stint with Barnet.
The 34-year-old left Barnet last week after four seasons with the Bees and will be reunited with newly-appointed Kerala boss Steve Coppell when he completes the move to India.
Coppell, who last week signed up Northern Ireland defender Aaron Hughes as Kerala's marquee player this season, brought Stack to Reading in 2005, when the goalkeeper left boyhood club Arsenal.
Stack brings a wealth of experience to the Sachin Tendulkar co-owned Blasters after racking up more than 300 appearances during a career which has also seen him turn out for Leeds, Millwall, Plymouth, Wolves and Hibernian.
He will become the fourth English goalkeeper to play in the ISL since its launch two years ago.
Ex-England stopper David James was Kerala's player-boss in 2014 and was replaced between the posts last year by Stephen Bywater. Former Everton and Rangers goalkeeper Steve Simonsen also turned out in the ISL in 2015, playing under David Platt at FC Pune City.
