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Post by steamroll on Dec 8, 2012 22:09:51 GMT 8
Official: Guiza joins Johor on loan  Following weeks of speculation, Johor finally confirm the signing of Dani Guiza on a year-long loan deal from Getafe Johor have completed the loan signing of former Spanish internantional striker, Daniel Gonzelez Guiza from La Liga side Getafe. Guiza, who was part of the Euro 2008 winning Spanish squad, arrived in Malaysia on Sunday and put pen to paper on a one-year loan arrangement with the Malaysian Super League (MSL) side yesterday. According to the 32-year-old forward, he decided to seek pastures new after failing to start any games for parent club Getafe in the Spanish Primera Liga this season, and rejected offers from the likes of Real Zaragoza and Malaga to come to Malaysia. The Cadiz native has 6 goals from 21 appearances for world champions Spain, and scored two goals for the Iberian giants in helping them win Euro 2008. He will now fly back to Spain and re-join his new team-mates for pre-season training after Christmas. www.goal.com/en-my/news/3896/malaysia/2012/11/06/3505864/official-guiza-joins-johor-on-loan |
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Post by steamroll on Dec 8, 2012 22:12:31 GMT 8
BREAKING NEWS: Simone Del Nero has signed for Johor The ex-Lazio star has agreed to join forces with Dani Guiza and form a potent Southern Tigers attack  Big spending Johor have completed another transfer coup by signing former Lazio winger, Simone Del Nero. The Italian wing wizard was revealed at a press conference at Hotel Thistle, Johor Bahru on Friday afternoon. Speaking to Goal.com at the event, the Italian said: "I am happy to be here. I had other offers from Romania and top Italian clubs but i chose to come here as I have been told of the big plans by the Crown Prince [of Johor]." "I look forward to playing alongside [Dani] Guiza next season. I believe that my experiences in Europe will be good for the club. I am really moved by the Crown Prince's sincerity." The newly restructured Johor FA and Johor FC are now under one management overseen by the Crown Prince of Johor, Tunku Ismail Idris. Del Nero is the second big-name signing after the capture of former Spain international striker Dani Guiza. Johor have also completed the signings of Malaysian internationals, Aidil Zafuan, Zaquan Adha, Safiq Rahim, and Azmi Muslim. 31-year-old Del Nero won the Coppa Italia in 2008 with Lazio. He was on loan at Cesena last season and made a total of 11 appearances scoring two goals. www.goal.com/en-my/news/3896/malaysia/2012/11/16/3531890/breaking-news-simone-del-nero-has-signed-for-johor |
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Post by steamroll on Dec 8, 2012 22:16:23 GMT 8
FAM wants Safee to quit Pelita Jaya By VIJHAY VICK Oct 17, 2012 THE FA of Malaysia (FAM) will ask national striker Safee Salee to consider his position with Pelita Jaya in the rebel Indonesian Super League (ISL). While clearing the air on the 28-year-old’s availability for Harimau Malaya, FAM secretary Datuk Azzuddin Ahmad stressed that the national body would also advise other national player who get offers from ISL clubs against making the switch. “The most we can do is advise them and we will sit with Safee to discuss his future with Pelita Jaya,” he said. “We have received information that several M-League players have received offers from ISL clubs. If this is true, then we will give similar advice to the players, even more if there are national players. Safee’s international future was in question after the All-Indonesia Football Federation (PSSI) informed FAM earlier this month that Pelita Jaya had been suspended for playing in the ISL. This came despite a resolution at a joint committee meeting last month attended by rival Indonesian football factions, FAM deputy president Tengku Abdullah Shah and representatives from Asian Football Confederation (AFC) where it was decided that the ISL would be officially recognised in 2013 and that it would merge with the Indonesian Premier League. “FIFA has given the two sides a Dec 10 deadline to reach an understanding. If FIFA steps in, then Indonesia’s participation in the AFF Suzuki Cup could be in jeorpardy. “As for Safee, we have received clearance by AFC to include him. They have been entrusted by FIFA to handle the matter. Plus, even Indonesia have called up eight players from ISL,” Azzuddin added. www.sports247.my/2012/10/football-fam-wants-safee-to-quit-pelita-jaya/
BREAKING NEWS: Safee Sali joins Johor on loan Malaysia's chief goal-getter will join Johor on loan next season and form a potent attacking trio with Dani Guiza and Simone Del Nero  Big spending Johor have completed yet another sensational transfer coup by signing the country's No. 1 striker, Safee Sali. Safee who is still under contract with Arema FC until 2014 will join Johor on loan for next season as revealed on the club's official website, Aremafc.com. "We would like to give more opportunities to Sunarto, Qishil or Dendi to shine next season. If Safee stays on, they will find it hard to break into the first team," Arema Chairman, Iwan Budianto stated on the club website. Safee will join a plethora of Malaysian internationals playing for Johor; Aidil Zafuan, Zaquan Adha, Safiq Rahim, and Azmi Muslim. The prospect of Safee combining with the likes of former Spanish international Dani Guiza, former Lazio winger Simone Del Nero and possibly Norshahrul Idlan Talaha upfront will surely whet the appetite of not only Johor football fans but also Malaysian football enthusiasts. www.goal.com/en-my/news/3896/malaysia/2012/12/04/3577974/breaking-news-safee-sali-joins-johor-on-loan |
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Post by steamroll on Dec 8, 2012 22:24:02 GMT 8
Malaysian teenager to sign with Arezzo 15 year old striker, Sean Gan Giannelli, will join Italian Serie D side Atletico Arezzo after having impressed the club's coaches 15 year-old Malaysian footballer Sean Gan Giannelli will join the youth team of Serie D club, Atletico Arezzo, on August 20 after going through a successful trial with the club’s coaches and technical staff. Along with Beira Mar wonderkid, Nazmi Faiz, Sean is the latest jewel out of the famed Bukit Jalil Sports School (BJSS) and plays with the Bukit Jalil Under-17 squad. His father, Massimo was proud of his son's development in the sport as he is the first Malaysian to enter Italy's youth football club system after attending trials in June. "He is a very ambitious young man and his goal in life is to play professional football at the highest level in Europe and from what he has achieved so far, the sky is the limit," he told Bernama from Milan, adding that he is now making the necessary preparations for Sean's stay in Italy. He also added that Sean, a striker, impressed particularly with his pace and technical skills at Arezzo, a club now led by former Argentinian national striker Abel Balbo. Arezzo was also the first club that Antonio Conte managed before embarking on a successful managerial career with the current Serie A champions, Juventus. Sean will now join a growing list of Malaysian players plying their trade abroad which include the likes of Safee Sali (Indonesia), Nazmi Faiz (Portugal) and Tam Sheang Tsung (China). www.goal.com/en-my/news/3896/malaysia/2012/08/14/3305933/malaysian-teenager-to-sign-with-arezzoSean giannelli 2nd goal Arezzo |
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Post by steamroll on Dec 8, 2012 22:25:25 GMT 8
FIGC: Sean Gan Giannelli cleared to play for Arezzo The long awaited clearance of the transfer documentation for 15 year old Malaysian striker, Sean Gan Giannelli has finally arrived The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) has finally given the much awaited clearance of the transfer documentation of wonderkid, Sean Gan Giannelli. According to Atletico Arezzo's website, the following is the fax sent by the FIGC to the Arezzo Football Academy: "Referring to the request of the registration in question, we communicate that after having examined the document that we have received has been proven to be valid to show that the family of the young Sean Gan Giannelli resides in the city of Arezzo. It means that the Federation's rule is respected and our youth section expresses its positive view for the registration of the player" This news will surely be welcomed by Malaysian football fans who have been following the development of young Sean Gan Giannelli since his move to Serie D side, Atletico Arezzo last August. Along with youngsters Nazmi Faiz (Beira Mar) and Arif Farhan (Harimau Muda), Sean is the latest jewel out of the famed Bukit Jalil Sports School (BJSS). www.goal.com/en-my/news/3896/malaysia/2012/10/28/3483959/figc-sean-gan-giannelli-cleared-to-play-for-arezzoHat-trick Sean Giannelli with KLYS(Kuala Lumpur Youth Soccer) at the 2011 Gothia Cup U15 in Gothenburg, Sweden. |
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Post by steamroll on Dec 8, 2012 22:27:23 GMT 8
Fakri offered playing contract in Portugal Striker Ahmad Fakri Saarani will attend trials, and then sign a six-month contract with Portuguese third division club Atletico Sport Clube next month  Malaysian international Ahmad Fakri Saarani has been offered a chance to attend trials with a third division club in Portugal once the AFF Suzuki Cup is over. The former Harimau Muda forward, who turned out for Felda United in the Malaysian Super League (MSL) this season, was approached by football agent Marco Guimaraes to undergo a five-day trial with Atletico Sport Clube, and has agreed to accept the invitation from the Terceira Division outfit. The trial however, is only a formality as the club’s head coach is reportedly impressed enough with the 23-year-old’s ability after watching him on video, and the club has already prepared a six-month contract for him to sign on. “I showed some videos of Fakri playing and it didn’t take them long to decide,” Guimaraes told The Star. Fakri, who is training with the national squad at the moment, will head to the club’s base in Lisbon as soon as Malaysia’s participation in the regional tournament comes to an end. Guimaraes, who had earlier engineered teenage midfielder Nazmi Faiz Mansor’s move to SC Beira-Mar in the same country, also confirmed that another six members of Ong Kim Swee’s Harimau Muda team have been identified for trials with several Portuguese clubs in the coming months. The list of the players will be revealed by the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) soon. www.goal.com/en-my/news/3896/malaysia/2012/11/09/3513854/fakri-offered-playing-contract-in-portugal |
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Post by steamroll on Dec 8, 2012 22:30:20 GMT 8
T-Team announce three new foreign additions Terengganu based T-Team have officially confirmed the capture of George Boateng, as well as head coach Peter Butler and fitness trainer Sebastian Knapic for season 2013  Club side T-Team has secured the signings of three new foreigners for the new season. As revealed by Goal.com yesterday, former Dutch international George Boateng is the biggest of the three and will be the club’s first import signing. Boateng, 37, was officially unveiled at a contract signing ceremony at Wisma Darul Iman yesterday. The midfielder committed to a year and the signing was witnessed by the Secretary of State – Datuk Mazlan Ngah, his deputy – Datuk Wan Ahamad Wan Muda and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of T-Team, Abdul Rashid Jusoh. Upon signing, the Ghanaian born Boateng said that he did not come to Malaysia for the money and affirmed his intention to help T-Team achieve their targets. “We have to have a right reason to play football and as for me I stopped playing football for money when I was 26,” he told The New Straits Times. “I have my good name and reputation to think of and after playing against the best of midfielders such as Paul Scholes, David Beckham and Zinedine Zidane, I have no fear whatsoever. “I also know that I can make a difference here.” T-Team also announced the signings of English coach Peter Butler and fitness coach Sebastian Knapic on 1-year contracts at the same ceremony. In addition, Datuk Mazlan revealed that the Terengganu based club will adopt ‘The Titans’ moniker as the team’s official nickname starting next year. www.goal.com/en-my/news/3896/malaysia/2012/11/19/3538660/t-team-announce-three-new-foreign-additions |
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Post by stellarboy on Dec 8, 2012 22:30:21 GMT 8
Isn't Safee Sali actually with Arema FC in breakaway Indonesian Super League? If Indonesia (the PSSI to be exact) gets suspended by next week, I think Safee will be in trouble even if he is on loan to Johor, as it is always possible that Arema will have to recall him when his loan spell runs out. He might even be banned from playing for his national team if he stays contractually bound with the Indonesian league. |
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Post by steamroll on Dec 8, 2012 22:31:53 GMT 8
Isn't Safee actually with Arema FC in breakaway Indonesian Super League? If Indonesia (the PSSI to be exact) gets suspended by next week, I think Safee will be in trouble even if he is on loan to Johor, as it is always possible that Arema will have to recall him when his loan spell runs out. He might even be banned from playing for his national team if he stays contractually bound with the Indonesian league. Safee who is still under contract with Arema FC until 2014 will join Johor on loan for next season as revealed on the club's official website, Aremafc.com. "We would like to give more opportunities to Sunarto, Qishil or Dendi to shine next season. If Safee stays on, they will find it hard to break into the first team," Arema Chairman, Iwan Budianto stated on the club website. if ISL or PSSI got suspended by FIFA, Safee still able to play with MNT and he wont be suspended too by FIFA, that is way he was loan to Johor@Darul Takzim for actual reason. |
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Post by stellarboy on Dec 8, 2012 22:35:21 GMT 8
Isn't Safee actually with Arema FC in breakaway Indonesian Super League? If Indonesia (the PSSI to be exact) gets suspended by next week, I think Safee will be in trouble even if he is on loan to Johor, as it is always possible that Arema will have to recall him when his loan spell runs out. He might even be banned from playing for his national team if he stays contractually bound with the Indonesian league. Safee who is still under contract with Arema FC until 2014 will join Johor on loan for next season as revealed on the club's official website, Aremafc.com. "We would like to give more opportunities to Sunarto, Qishil or Dendi to shine next season. If Safee stays on, they will find it hard to break into the first team," Arema Chairman, Iwan Budianto stated on the club website. if ISL or PSSI got suspended by FIFA, Safee still able to play with MNT and he wont be suspended too by FIFA, that is way he was loan to Johor@Darul Takzim for actual reason. You're right, steamroll. But I'm concerned with his involvement with the Malaysian national team if the PSSI gets banned by FIFA if their infighting with the KPSI still continues, as his current parent club Arema is under the Indonesian league. He will definitely get suspended for playing for your team should the Indonesia federation get sanctioned. EDIT: Still FIFA and the AFC have all the rights to hold off international (read:non-Indonesian) players to play for their national team if they are contractually bound in a banned country, even if they are loaned out to another club outside Indonesia. It would have happened to our players Phil and James Younghusband if they would have been signed with Jakarta 1928 FC last year. Good thing they decided to go with the local UFL instead. |
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Post by steamroll on Dec 8, 2012 22:40:03 GMT 8
Ex-Hull City striker Caleb Folan signs for T-Team Former Hull City striker, Caleb Folan has revealed via his twitter account that he has officially signed for Peter Butler's T-Team  After the double signing of English coach, Peter Butler and former Middlesbrough midfield enforcer, George Boateng, T-Team have completed another transfer coup by signing the ex-Hull City striker, Caleb Folan. Folan has revealed via his Twitter account that he is delighted to have signed for T-Team and is looking forward to a new beginning in the Malaysian Super League. "Happy to finally announce that I have signed for T-Team FC of Kuala Terengganu, in the Malaysia Super League. Excited for a new beginning." he revealed on his Twitter. The lanky 30 year old striker started his career with his hometown club, Leeds United. He is however mostly known for his stint with former Premier League club, Hull City. Folan will join a growing list of European stars who will be plying their trade in the Malaysia Super League (MSL) next season, following Johor's signing of Dani Guiza and Simone Del Nero. www.goal.com/en-sg/news/3879/malaysia-cup/2012/12/03/3575443/ex-hull-city-striker-caleb-folan-signs-for-t-team |
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Post by steamroll on Dec 8, 2012 22:45:03 GMT 8
the ISL and PSSI is not banned yet by the FIFA, so the transfer is legal and that is why they he got his ITC moved to Johor@Darul Takzim FC from Arema Pelita FC.
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Post by steamroll on Dec 8, 2012 22:49:06 GMT 8
Kelantan line up Aussie to take Ghaddar’s place Lebanon’s Muhammad Ghaddar will not play for the Red Warriors next season and is likely to be replaced by Australian youth international Dimitrios Pertratos  Treble winners Kelantan have decided to look elsewhere after their import for this season; Lebanese forward Muhammad Ghaddar rejected the chance to extend his stay with the east coast outfit. According to Kosmo, a club source has confirmed that Australian striker Dimitrios Petratos is being lined up to fill Ghaddar’s position for the upcoming season. “Dimitrios (Dimi) Petratos is a young player from Sydney FC, a club based in New South Wales, Australia. He is also part of the Australian Under-23 team and one of the five young players who are part the club's senior squad.” “We will seek his services on loan for six months and monitor his performance before taking it further,” the source said. Apart from Petratos, Kelantan are also reported to be interested in signing Malaysia’s top attacker Safee Sali, following the loss of his international strike partner - Norshahrul Idlan Talaha, to Johor next season. www.goal.com/en-sg/news/3879/malaysia-cup/2012/12/03/3574170/kelantan-line-up-aussie-to-take-ghaddars-place score his first goal with kelantan in friendly match against perlis fa - kelantan win 5-0  website : theredwarriorsfc.com/ |
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Post by stellarboy on Dec 8, 2012 22:50:57 GMT 8
the ISL and PSSI is not banned yet by the FIFA, so the transfer is legal and that is why they he got his ITC moved to Johor@Darul Takzim FC from Arema Pelita FC. steamroll: Let's just hope and pray the infighting in the Indonesia league stop once and for all, and not get their international players get into trouble. |
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Post by steamroll on Dec 8, 2012 22:56:00 GMT 8
Harimau Muda prospect for 2013  * Harimau Muda A : U23 - Ong Kim Swee - Europe Tour * Harimau Muda B : U22 - Razip Ismail - S.League * Harimau Muda C : U21 - Mat Zan Mat Aris - Malaysia Premier League
Ditch S-League, look elsewhere. "We need to rethink our participation in the S-League next season. "I will suggest to the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) that we carefully consider this and instead go to either Slovakia or Brazil." Those were the words of Harimau Muda coach Ong Kim Swee (pic) at seen in Singapore's TODAY. I remember writing about the pros and cons of our youngsters participating in the S-League on June 29, 2011 as seen here. Sadly, my sole reason of starting this blog - for it to be an archive of all my stories - has taken a backseat for the urls linking to my old articles in The Malay Mail are "missing". But I do remember saying our team will be "exposed", adding the Singaporeans will learn more from us than we would from them. And slight over a year later, it has turned into a reality. No disrespect to the teams playing in the S-League but our Harimau Muda lads need a bigger platform and a different environment to push themselves further. I'm sure the Singaporean players would appreciate such a fact if they were in our 'boots'. This brings back the question if Kim Swee's opinion was given any thought prior the FA of Malaysia and the FA of Singapore agreeing to the 'swap deal'. Then again, was Kim Swee even given an opportunity to voice his opinion prior the deal was sealed? Or was it a situation where Kim Swee was told about it and had no choice but to agree to it? Hopefully, the stakeholders will listen to Kim Swee this time around. There are many other ways we can establish and continue our good football ties with Singapore but certainly not at the expense of the national team. Then again, I'm just another journalist. I'm sure the coaches and officials know best. HD says: One thing for sure, bak kut teh and char kuey teow way better in Malaysia than in Singapore. Period. hareshdeol.blogspot.com/2012/08/ditch-s-league-look-elsewhere.html
Razip takes charge of Harimau Muda BPETALING JAYA: The FA of Malaysia (FAM) have appointed former Kuala Lumpur coach Razip Ismail to take charge of the Harimau Muda B (Under-19) squad. FAM secretary general Datuk Azzuddin Ahmad said the new appointment will take immediate effect following the departure of Ismail Ibrahim, who has joined Johor FA as their assistant coach for the Premier League next season. “Razip will be offered a two-year contract and his immediate task is to prepare the Harimau Muda B squad for the S-League campaign next February,” said Azzuddin. The FAM have also lined up a playing stint in Turkey later this month for Razip to prepare the Harimau Muda B squad for the S-League assignment. Azzuddin said Razip will be given the mandate to select his coaching staff for the Harimau Muda B squad. football.thestar.com.my/2012/11/14/razip-takes-charge-of-harimau-muda-b/ |
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