Lara Sharma, Wungngayam Muirang extend contracts with Bengaluru FC

Indian Super League (ISL) club, Bengaluru FC have confirmed that goalkeeper Lara Sharma and defender Wungngayam Muirang have extended their contracts with the club – thereby continuing to rebuild with youngsters at the helm.

Muirang extended his contract with the Blues by three years which will keep him at the club till the end of the 2024-25 season, while Lara added another three years to an existing contract that still has a year left.

“Retaining our core of youngsters and building the team around them is what we have set out to do, and the extension and new deal for Lara and Muirang is part of that plan. Both these youngsters have shown on more than one occasion, what they are capable of. More importantly, they have tremendous potential that we – with Simon at the helm – want to help them reach,” Mandar Tamhane, CEO of Bengaluru FC said on the extensions.

Lara played second fiddle to Gurpreet Singh Sandhu last season, though he did get a chance to impress after Gurpreet missed out on the last five games with illness. The 22-year-old make full use of the opportunity, even being named Man of the Match in one of the games.