ASEAN Super League

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The ASEAN Super League was a proposed international association football competition between domestic club sides run by the ASEAN Football Federation. It was initially scheduled to commence in 2017. [1] In January 2017 it was announced there could be a delay to 2018 or later though. [2] In June 2017 it was announced that the competition would not take place at all. [3] [4]

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Tampines Rovers' 2016 signing Jermaine Pennant said: I don't think it's going to be beneficial at all for Singapore football if the best players and the best teams are shipped off to a different league, I don't think the fans will appreciate it. His sentiments were shared by team-mate Afiq Yunos. [5]

Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim, Crown Prince of Johor and chairman of Malaysian Super League club Johor Darul Takzim, said: "I don't agree with the ASL. I think we're [South-east Asian football] still young and we [should] focus on how it is done in Europe. For now, the Asian Champions League is the highest target. The ASL is not really my cup of tea." [6]

In April 2016, Buriram United's boss Newin Chidchob also said, "Quite simply, I don’t support the idea of an ASEAN Super League and I don’t think it works from either a competitive or organisational perspective. The business terms and the return on the investment are not good enough, I mean, they’re asking small clubs to pay US$5 million (S$6.7m), but how much can those clubs win in this proposed league?” [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Justin Ong (29 December 2015). "Singapore football chief says ASEAN Super League 'stepping stone' for local stars to level up". Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "ASEAN Super League faces more delays after AFF meeting in Singapore". espnfc.com. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  3. ↑ TNP (24 June 2017). "Asean Super League dead in the water" . Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  4. ↑ FourFourTwo (24 June 2017). "Proposed ASEAN Super League dead and buried: AFC". Archived from the original on 6 October 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  5. ↑ Chua Siang Yee (20 January 2016). "Pennant: Sending best players to Asean Super League won't benefit local football". The Straits Times .
  6. ↑ "Johor Crown Prince cool to idea of Asean Super League". "Asia One". 10 April 2016. Archived from the original on 11 April 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  7. ↑ Scott McIntyre (13 April 2016). "Buriram boss pours cold water on ASL concept". FourFourTwo. Archived from the original on 2 October 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
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