Stanley Bernard setuju keputusan keperluan baru setiap pasukan miliki 2 pasukan akar umbi

Nadi Arena 7 November 2023

Transcript

00:00 Nadia Arina, you are in a direct line with KL City executive, Stanley Bernard,

00:05 who considers the suspension of the Akar Umbi squad for the President's Cup and the Premier League is the right move.

00:11 KL City does not expect the difficulty to form two teams that have already won the Cup this season.

00:16 Yes, I see it happening this year too.

00:19 When there are a few teams that are not registered to play in the Premier League.

00:26 But it is not my fault that there are two or three teams.

00:30 So that shows that in terms of the situation they are facing, they have seen it from the beginning.

00:35 So that is a standard.

00:37 But I see from a long-term perspective, if a club wants to play in the Premier League,

00:42 it needs to have the equipment to be worthy of the AFC for me.

00:45 Because that is the attitude that is done by the body.

00:49 So I go back to the structure of these four teams, it is very important to get a license.

00:54 And in terms of the financial challenges that are faced.

00:57 Five teams have not yet met the requirements of the two Akar Umbi squads this season.

01:01 This cannot be left.

01:03 And in 2024, it is mandatory for all teams to have a Premier League squad and a President's Cup,

01:08 in accordance with the criteria set by the League of Malaysia MFL.

01:12 No, because I feel that this is actually something that the AFC also asked for.

01:18 From my knowledge, because we do club licensing.

01:22 So why does KL have four teams?

01:27 Because if it does not have four teams, we will not meet the criteria to get the AFC license.

01:34 And we are a team that played in the AFC last season and are eager to return to the AFC.

01:41 So first you have to get the license before you are eager to be in the position to play in the AFC.

01:47 So I think there are no two ways about that.

01:49 Because if we want to get into the AFC, we must have teams in the Indian body.

01:55 The nine-state team, Kelantan United, PDRM and Kuching City are among the teams that have not yet prepared the Akar Umbi squad.

02:03 If they fail to do so, it means that the 2024 licensing conditions will be fulfilled,

02:08 while also confirming their involvement in the Super League 2025.

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