Tan cool over Dion playing for club after pulling out of national team


Down but not out: Dion Cools (left) withdrew from the Malaysian team because of injury.

PETALING JAYA: Defender Dion Cools cited injury for pulling out from the national team but surprisingly came on as a substitute for his Danish club Midtjylland on Sunday.

The Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) earlier announced that the versatile player will not be available for the friendlies against Jordan (tomorrow) and Uzbekistan (Saturday) in Amman.

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