Academy questions why national trio donned club jersey
As published in Mailsport today A KUALA LUMPUR-based football academy was baffled to see three of its players donning the jersey of another club in the on-going Frenz United International Cup. Youth Football Academy (YFA) chief coach N. Radhakrishnan admitted he was unsure to why three of his former players — M. Kogileswaran Raj, R. Dinesh and Muhammad Syazwan Salihin — were part of Frenz United Malaysia’s first eleven instead of the national Under-16 team. “I am confused. We trained the boys since they were 10 and handed them over to the national set-up as they had impressed the national junior selectors," said Radhakrishnan. “Now I see them in a jersey of a different club. I thought they would be playing for the national team. Why should I supply my players to another club?" Radhakrishnan, who has been with YFA since 2000, said this episode would discourage other academies from supplying talents to the national set-up. "YFA have not obtained...