A touch of Spain and Japan for JDT II


We’ve got the eye of the tiger: New JDT II signings Fernando Rodriguez (right) and Kei Hirosei posing at the JDT headquarters in Iskandar Puteri. — NUR AISYAH MAZALAN/ The Star

ISKANDAR PUTERI: Johor Darul Ta’zim (JDT) have snapped up former Kedah midfielder Fernando Rodrigues of Spain and Japanese forward Kei Hirose for their second team, currently playing in the Malaysia Premier League.

The two players were revealed by the club’s technical director Alistair Edwards at a press conference held at the Southern Tigers’ new stadium, the Sultan Ibrahim Stadium here.

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