Kathmandu (GoalNepal) - Nepal internationals Ranjan Bista and Nitin Thapa Magar have also left Nepal for Australia. The duo left Nepal on Wednesday to fly to Melbourne. They will play for Beni FC in the ongoing GNC Premier League.

Ranjan represented New Road Team in the previous league season while Nitin was a part of Manang Marshyangdi Club.

Ranjan had been away from the national team for a while now having won the AFC Solidarity Cup in 2016. Nitin Thapa Magar debuted for Nepal against India in September 2021 under Abdullah Almutairi.

Only a couple of days back, Dinesh Rajbanshi, Gautam Shrestha and Tej Tamang had also flown to Australia to secure their futures.

A few more players are also lined up to leave Nepal in the near future. This trend of Nepali players leaving the country with A Division around the horizon is very concerning for the Nepali football fraternity. More than two dozen players have left Nepal in the last twelve months or so.

Nepal's weak football structure and difficulties in making a living out of it are making the players leave Nepal. Only time will tell where Nepali football is heading. 

Earlier, the important members of the national football team Suman Aryal, Aashish Lama, Suman Lama, Rajan Gurung, Abhishek Rijal, Santosh Tamang also reached Australia only a few months ago. The number of players who have played in the A division have migrated abroad is increasing rapidly.

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