Our footballers need to take a leaf out of Fandi’s book


IT was way past midnight when the familiar figure emerged from the bowels of the PJ Stadium to hand me an autographed c opy of his biography.Singapore’s favourite son Fandi Ahmad was most obliging when I texted him early this year on the possibility of shedding light on his book.

The rare opportunity came up when Pahang travelled to Kuala Lumpur to play Police on Wednesday night.

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