Whang Thank
17 year-old Chicken Wings fullback Matt Whang found a new home in Bern, Switzerland with seventh divisioners Deçan FC, who made him their fourth-ever signing. Head coach Loris Kressig had welcomed Spanish lad Ignacio Díaz-Perona last week, before adding Mike Padilla from Guam and Alen Vukojevič from Slovenia, as he assembles a young squad for his first assault on the title.
Sazwan bin Hj Muhd Salleh would be busy immersing himself into his new role at Grilled International, over in Brunei, with his search for his own defensive reinforcements coming up blank thus far. Initial target Oriol Sargatal of ARO CE would choose Swedish IV.88 club Ångestens IK instead, and Bulgarian Fevzi Baykul was then snatched up by Brazilian IV.57 hopefuls Atlético da Barra do Ceará a couple of days later.
Undaunted, Sazwan would personally oversee the negotiations for Freiheit Hannover's German stopper Oscar Bennigsen, but Venezuelan IV.1 runners-up Deportivo oyon were the more eager to grab the 29 year-old, and lured him away with a final bid of just over S$2.5 million. "I can't say it was entirely encouraging." the new head coach sighed. "Well, it's back to the scouting network."