Malaysian Football: Tan Sri Annuar Musa Deemed That Naturalization Of Import Players Is Not Possible

Tan Sri Annuar Musa has voiced out his feeling as to naturalizing import players, stating that doing this might not tackle any issues in Malaysian Football.

The President of the Kelantan Football Association (KAFA) said there were no guiding principles from Malaysian immigration, nor from FIFA, that permits import players to play for their adopted nation.

While talking to Bernama, Annuar said, “The policies that we have does not allow any player with double citizenship to represent a particular country. Same goes with FIFA rules that stated that a player from his original country cannot represent another country.”

Annuar likewise expressed that regardless of the fact that a player chooses to turn into a perpetual inhabitant of the nation and gain citizenship, the player must experience five years of cooling period before they can represent the nation.

Annuar also stated that, “The best way is to identify talent at the young age and groom them to become better players.”

In spite of a numerous amounts of foreign nationals representing Malaysia in different sports, it is unrealistic to happen in football in light of the fact of the above mentioned guidelines.

The news of naturalization of import players softened up the nearby football scene when Goal Malaysia began a survey, with most Malaysians concurring that Selangor hot-shot Paulo Rangel ought to gain citizenship and play for the Malayan Tigers.

Johor Football Association News: A State-Of-The-Art Stadium On A Man-Made Island Is Rising

Expect greater things from Johor Football Association (Persatuan Bolasepak Negeri Johor) one year from now, including another stadium on a man-made island.

On Tuesday, President Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim reported that the new 50,000-capacity stadium is currently being constructed by Country Garden, which is one of JFA's sponsors.

According to President Tunku Ismail, the stadium will be built on a man-made island situated between Johor and Singapore.

“Reclamation work is currently being carried out and once completed, the island will be twice the size of Sentosa Island in Singapore.”

“Hopefully, the construction period will not take too long. I am very excited about this new project,” President Tunku Ismail said. He also added that the said stadium would be the most state-of-the-art stadium in the world.

President Tunku Ismail additionally declared that Johor Ruler Sultan Ibrahim Ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar has consented to purchase a private jet plane for the Johor Darul Ta'zim (JDT) officials and players.

He included that the choice came in the wake of looking into the expense of flying out to different states.

As of now, JFA have three transports for their teams including the President's Cup squad players.

It will also be noted that on Tuesday, President Tunku Ismail dropped a bomb by stating that the JFA's second group, which is JDT II, may be withdrawn from the Premier League.

“We are considering placing the team in the Singapore football league by November as it is better and will give the younger players better exposure,” President Tunku Ismail said.

The Johor Crown Prince included that the JFA are ready to pay a fine if the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) punish them for hauling out JDT II.

He likewise stated that JDT will be signing two more foreign players for next season's campaign.

He said, “We already offered US$3.5mil (RM11.4mil) to Boca Juniors for Juan Manuel Martinez for next season.”

Another player at the top of their mind is Selangor’s hitman, Paulo Rangel.

On another note, President Tunku Ismail said JFA are recognizing holding a benevolent match with Italian titans AC Milan and in addition a charity match including Lionel Messi, Neymar and other world class footballers.