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#3 Brandon Fernandes- Leicester City, Reading, Sunderland
Brandon Fernandes was supposed to be the 'next big thing' in Indian football before he stepped his foot in the I-League and the ISL. Having already represented India in the U-13, U-14, and U-16 levels, he sailed his ship in the South African waters and enrolled himself at the famed ASD Cape Town training academy.
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He represented his team 12 times in 12 matches in the South African third division side before his contract got over. Brandon returned to India to play for Goa-India at the 2014 Lusofonia Games where he led his team to victory. Already dazzling the Goan crowd then, a total of seven I-League clubs made an offer to the youngster.
However, he made his intention clear to sign for a European club. Brandon did give trials with Premier League and Championship clubs Sunderland, Leicester City, and Reading FC but nothing came out of it. In the end, he signed for Sporting Goa in the second half of 2014-15 I-League.
