kolkata atk mohun bagan will miss the services of star finland midfielder joni kauko for their afc cup group d south zone campaign beginning in maldives on august 18kauko who has been signed as a replacement for spaniard javi hernandez straight after his exploits in euro returned to his homeland to be with his national side for preworld cup matchesits unlikely that he kauko will be available for the afc cup even if they make round two a source saidthe antonio lopez habascoached side meanwhile reached maldives on saturday morning with a 21member squad that also does not have their star india defender sandesh jhingan who is likely to join croatian club hnk sibenikin absence of kauko atkmb will have four foreigners in roy krishna carl mchugh david williams and hugo boumous their other high profile signing this seasonfrenchmoroccan forward boumous who played a key role in mumbai city fcs titlewinning campaign last season was thrilled to make an impact in the greenandmaroon jerseyi am thrilled to think that i am going to play in an international tournament wearing the jersey of a traditional indian club he said before their departureim waiting to play wearing the greenmaroon jersey the first match is very important in any tournament if we can win it will be easy to move forwardstar striker and former captain roy krishna who will play in the afc cup for the first time said their first goal is to make the next roundit is a golden opportunity to establish the club on the map of asia our first goal is to go to the next round the fijian saidthe squad features 20yearold kiyan nassiri son of east bengal legend jamshid nassiri and 19yearold promising midfielder ricky shabongmaldives maziya sports recreation and bashundhara kings of bangladesh are the other two teams in group datk will take on the winners of bengaluru fc and maldives club eagles in their afc cup group d south zone match in maldives on august 18squad arindam bhattacharya amrinder singh pritam kotal lenny rodrigues subhasish bose avilash paul asutosh mehta liston colaco manvir singh deepak tangri sumit rathi sheikh sahil bidyananda singh abhishek dhananjay suryavanshi kiyan nassiri engson singh ningombam ricky shabong roy krishna carl mchugh david williams and hugo boumous