May 25, 2011 - 12:18am
By:
David Lee
NP, ST FILE PICTURES
NATIONAL football coach Raddy Avramovic has announced his first Lions squad since his side's disastrous 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup group-stage exit.
Despite Football Association of Singapore president Zainudin Nordin claiming that only "four or five" players stood a chance of a recall five months ago, just eight of the 22 players from the Suzuki Cup campaign have been dropped (above).
Of the 33-man provisional squad, 13 players received their first national call-ups, while there was a shock inclusion for Courts Young Lions forward Khairul Nizam, who hasn't played a competitive game for eight months.
We take a look at Avramovic's intentions for this new squad and ask Mr Zainudin about the 10-man discrepancy from his proposed cull.
Read the full report in The New Paper today (May 25).
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