Grilled Internation continued shedding their trainees, as Bulgarian 19 year-old Yavor Babanski was the next to leave, fetching S$2 million from Romania's Fedaykin Warriors. The sixth division side were eager to arrest their slide, punting the S$7.1 million they had received for Toma Năsui on Babanski and Iranian winger Ali Ahadinejad.

Tajit bin Mohd opined that it was a good piece of business involving the former Number Twenty-five. "With so much talent coming out of our youth side, we're getting squeezed for places. Yavor's a fine midfielder, but we just can't fit everyone in right now."

Back at the Birds, Djan Bacelar again dismayed supporters, when he confirmed that the club had no intention of bringing former youth star Fang Tong Rong back at this moment.

With the 30 year-old ex-Singapore U-20 international being rated at some S$3.5 million by German club Fc rosa Höschen, Bacelar asserted that the time was not right, as with Yap Beng Yeng.

"Fang would add another dimension to our attack, but we have plans that we're going to stick to." the Grilled head coach said. "We're definitely not closing the door to a move in the future, it goes without saying!"

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