Singapura Kembali Ke Pangkuan Malaysia

Kata sepakat akhirnya bakal menyaksikan Singapura kembali ke persada bola sepak Malaysia, melalui pasukan B23nya, sementara skuad B23 Malaysia bakal bermain di Liga S mulai tahun depan.

Dalam perkembangan yang sama, pemain import juga dibenarkan untuk liga musim depan.

PETALING JAYA: The Lions return to Malaysian football next year.

After a lapse of 17 years, Singapore will be playing in the Malaysian Super League (MSL) with their Under-23 squad - Singapore Young Lions - playing in the top flight of the 14-team Super League.

Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) deputy president Tengku Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah announced the new collaboration between the FAM and the FA of Singapore (FAS), after a signing ceremony at the Wisma FAM in Kelana Jaya Tuesday.

Under the four-year agreement between the two countries, the Singapore Young Lions will be playing in the MSL while the Malaysian Harimau Muda A squad under coach Ong Kim Swee will be playing in the S-League.

The Young Lions are set to to include five senior players, including foreign signings, while the Malaysian Harimau Muda A squad will not be fielding any foreign players.

Tengku Abdullah said he hoped that the spark between the two nations would revive the rivalry that everyone remembered of the glory days.

"We hope to rekindle the glory days of the past shared between Malaysia and Singapore, when they made waves in the Malaysia Cup competition," he added. [The Star]