If the Birds were done with their major purchases, they were not with their odds and ends. Though, 18 year-old Christopher Mauget probably deserves to be acknowledged as more than such, given the deference accorded to him by his comrades at previous club winner-56.

Always looked up to, and not solely due to his height, Mauget's original love was basketball. He would find the vast expanse of a soccer pitch more to his liking relatively late in life, but would pick the basics up rapidly, to become a quite competent midfielder.

Grilled would attract him from winner-56 with an offer of just over S$300000, nudging out a bid by Leiva Ronda of the Spanish sixth division.

Over in Brunei, Grilled International's Friday league match ended in a draw with Romanian visitors Olimpia Aiud 3. They were actually just a few minutes from claiming full points, thanks to Abdul Hamid bin Hj Ali Timbang's consistent output, but Răzvan Bechir would force the ball in, taking advantage of a packed Grilled box, and Micky bin Kadir being downed.

International had already lost American trainee Felipe Martínez to a thigh strain in the first half, but on the bright side, Shailendra Chatterjee being reportedly already back doing light training should mitigate Micky's absence somewhat.

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