Faizal prefers Spain over Australia
Hockey players obtaining stints abroad is nothing new. In 2010, Noor Faeez Ibrahim and Izzat Sumantri featured in the Dutch league. Faizal Saari and Sukri Abdul Mutalib played for Australian club Adelaide Southern Hotshots last year. Now Faizal is torn between returning to Adelaide or traveling across the world to play for Spanish outfit Athletic Terrassa Club. According to The Star's report today, Malaysian Hockey Confederation secretary Johari Aziz revealed Faizal is the only national player to have received offers to play in the Australian and Spanish leagues. It looks like Faisal seems keen playing in the land of tapas, magaritas, beautiful architecture and laid back society - despite the bad economy. "I prefer to play in the Spanish League as I will be up against top players from Europe. The league in Spain is also much more challenging than the one in Australia." It's good that we are finally having more players eager to pl...