Ex-players say national football team ‘not Malaysian enough’

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FAM’s policy on using naturalised foreign players comes under question.   Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/01/14/ex-players-say-national-football-team-not-malaysian-enough/   Laporan Lanjut: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2024/01/14/skuad-harimau-malaya-tak-cukup-malaysia-kata-bekas-pemain/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: http://bit.ly/2Rn6xEV Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on Twitter: http://bit.ly/2OCwH8a  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/2OKJbc6 Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3cpbWKK Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/2VUfOrv Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/3B1e8lN Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/39dBDbe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #NationalFootballTeam #NotMalaysianEnough

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00:04 The Football Association of Malaysia's policy of naturalizing foreign players for the national team

00:09 has come under scrutiny from former national players.

00:12 Lim Fong Ki, James Wong and Cee Naderajan said,

00:17 FAM should focus on developing local talent rather than relying on naturalized players.

00:22 Lim said there were no outstanding players among recently naturalized players

00:28 and questioned the absence of grassroots players and coaches

00:31 to improve Malaysia's standard of football.

00:34 Lim said the government should get the right people to develop Malaysian football

00:38 as the country had fallen far behind the likes of Japan and South Korea.

00:42 Wong said he does not consider the current national team as being Malaysian enough,

00:48 saying he disagreed with granting citizenship to players for the sake of football.

00:53 Meanwhile, Naderajan said he felt it was unfair that footballers were given citizenship

00:58 when many others born in the country still do not have citizenship.

01:02 He said there was a need to review the policy of naturalizing players

01:07 and at the same time bring Malaysian players up to par with foreign players.

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