Prodigy Son Returns
Local newspapers buzzed that
Han Lik-Tsun was pulling out all the stops in his attempt to keep his job, as Grilled finally signed back 26 year-old former player
Abdul bin Jantan for S$4.1 million from French Division Five club FC Hauteville, after failing with a bid half that just months before.
bin Jantan, who had come to prominence only after years of hard work with now-defunct Austrian side Villach United, with whom he scored all his 34 career goals thus far, had not gelled particularly well at FC Hauteville; several bookings later, a late injury against league rivals capulotte worsened matters.
His time in France would come to an end in spectacular fashion, as FC Hauteville's owners decided to sell off their entire squad, whether in preparation for rebuilding or disbandment, no one knows. Han wasted no time upon hearing the news, whatever the case, and fended off a S$4 million offer by das armas (Italian Division Eight) to recruit bin Jantan.
om38 (French Division Six), SV Hafen Rostock II (German Division Six), scorpionshadow (Turkish Division Six) and Arsenal Plopi (Romanian Division Five) had all made substantial offers, while local club akodo and former leaguemates BDSM FC both tendered their interest, but there was no question where the midfielder was going to end up once Han got wind of his availability.
"In this case, it's a matter of never too late!" Han beamed, as he stood with bin Jantan, the duo holding up his assigned Number Seven shirt. "Abdul here is an example of how graft can make a career. He was never marked for big things after he left on a free, but mark my words, he may yet make the national side someday."
