Jamshedpur: The I-League and the Indian Super League (ISL) could be merged in a couple of years to improve the standard of the game in the country, a senior AIFF official said here yesterday.

"We have proposed to merge the traditional I-League and Indian Super League and conduct one league instead of two," I-League chief executive Sunando Dhar said. "In fact, we are in negotiation with stakeholders including ISL franchisees on the issue," Dhar told reporters.