panaji anthony pereiras brief honeymoon with mohun bagan is over pereira joined mohun bagan as their most expensive footballer with an annual contract of rs 80 lakh but just two months later that contract is being annulled after the kolkata giants asked the former india midfielder to take a massive paycut according to sources a senior mohun bagan official approached the former dempo sports club star to agree on a paycut of rs 20 lakh which numbed the midfielder he initially sought two days leave to return to goa but needed no second invitation to know that he had no future at a club that went back on its word after just two months he picked up all his stuff and promptly headed home i cant deny that i had differences with the club officials and thats the reason why i decided to return to goa said pereira it could not have been that his performance was on the downslide especially because coach karim bencherifa had played him for a full 90 minutes against george telegraph in the domestic league his last game with bagan according to those who saw the game pereira was effective on the right of midfield and created several chances for the strikers even in one friendly at howrah pereira played for 20 minutes and scored twice bagan coach karim bencherifa when contacted refused to comment on the controversy but the player himself confirmed he felt comfortable under the moroccan coach and he was in no way responsible for his ouster i got along well with him and had no problems whatsoever said the former bagan midfielder bagan officials announced pereiras capture with much fanfare its not always that the kolkata giants can tempt a leading goan footballer but his departure now will cause some discomfort within the bagan camp there are three more goans rowilson rodrigues adil khan and nicolau borges with mohun bagan and all of them turned down offers from goa to accept lucrative deals in kolkata