Tommy Tanks Through
Tommy Chi's sheer persistence paid off handsomely, as the 18 year-old striker wrangled himself a free transfer to Israeli Division Six club FC. Ran. This was not achieved without much thick-skinned selling of himself, as Chi candidly revealed, beaming in the grey top of his new side.
"I had been training by myself for some weeks, when somebody suggested that I could approach clubs by myself. It wasn't easy, I was sending dozens of emails each day with few replies, but it worked out in the end."
Head scout Tham Beng Li could not help but be impressed by Chi's gumption. "Most kids would have accepted that they were not going to make the cut, but he went far beyond that. He was a bit of a late bloomer, so FC. Ran might want to be patient with the lad."
"It's important that we keep the production line going." Tham added. "For example, Loo Tong Woon just moved back home to akodo for S$5.4 million, and we got a S$108000 cut from that. This adds up."
Rancher Rabbits' Shamsuddin Nazim also made a permanent move to Azerbaijani Division Four side FC Bakü, a rare destination for local players indeed. The budding centreback confessed to not knowing anything about his new home base, but insisted that he would be a quick study.
