05-05-2025
Fandi to add spice for KL next season?
PETALING JAYA: Will Singapore's Fandi Ahmad join Kuala Lumpur as the new football coach?
It will all be known tomorrow when the club get to know their total budget to run the show in the new season.
Kuala Lumpur Football Association (KLFA) president Syed Yazid Syed Omar has indicated that there will be new additions and they will also decide on who the new coach would be.
It is learnt that the two coaching candidates linked to the club are Sulaiman Hussin and Fandi, who did a great job to take Pahang to the Malaysia Cup final recently.
Kuala Lumpur, coached by Miroslav Kuljanac during the 2024-2025 campaign, finished sixth in the Super League with 31 points, a respectable finish but still short of the club's aspirations.
As for players, it is learnt that centreback Irfan Zakaria could return to the club after leaving Kedah earlier this year.
'There may be changes. We may bring four or five national players to join the team,' said Yazid.
'We want to build a strong team who can compete in the league. We will know the details after our meeting on Wednesday (tomorrow).'
The current players that the club are looking to retain are Australian centreback Giancarlo Gallifuoco, striker Paulo Josue, rightback Kamal Azizi Zabri, goalkeeper Hafizul Hakim and winger J. Partiban.
As for foreigners, there could be changes with one of them being Timor Leste captain and winger Joao Pedro.
