NEWS 1

Malaysian rookie goalkeeper Syed Adney Syed Hussein (pic) is game for the big time.

The lanky Selangor custodian, who will turn 21 in November, has set his sights on playing in the English Premier League. He will get his first big break when he attends trials with Middlesbrough sometime in August.

NEWS 2

PSV Eindhoven, who have one of the best youth development programmes in the world, have offered Mohd Asraruddin Putra Omar a two-week training stint with the possibility of the defender joining the club’s youth programme.

"We saw player No 3 (Asraruddin) play against us and the match before and we came away impressed," said PSV coach Peter Dekkers."We would like to take him to PSV for a few weeks and see more of him in action. "We have spoken to Jonathan Price (chairman of the Gifted Group) to assist us in getting the player to PSV as soon as possible."

Asraruddin, a leftback in the Under-19 squad in the CYC, is the team’s vice-skipper and took over the captain’s armband from the injured Bunyamin Omar in the match against PSV.

In the absence of Bunyamin for the PSV game, Asraruddin moved into the centreback position and handled himself superbly.In fact, the Kedah-born player is capable of playing in either the leftback or centreback positions. A former student at the Bukit Jalil Sports School, Asraruddin played a crucial role in helping Malaysia qualify for the AFC Under-20 Championship for the first time in over 20 years.

MALAYSIA ARE NOT SHORT OF TALENTS AFTER ALL !!