Tibor Exceeds Interest
28 year-old German star
Tibor Atzenhain left Grilled International on a transfer worth slightly over S$16.2 million today, as Brazil's Guiratinga fought off a late approach by English IV.51 side Ladyboys v2. The Ladyboys were flush after flogging off Slovakian striker Stanislav Grednár for near S$22.5 million, but the Brazilian Division Three club would pull out the stops, for their biggest deal since Anders Öhrwald.
Atzenhain had been a favourite at International, arriving at 17 years old after a short detour across Germany with kogge, and will leave just short of the 150-appearance milestone for the club. This was enough to yield 84 goals, and a scoring title from the last time International were in the fifth division. "He was our best target man." teammate
Hardi bin Besar insisted. "It's sad, but we all have to move on."
Hardi himself remains on the market together with
Wang Hanxuan, as a host of International trainees saw the grace period on their youth contract run out: Mumtazali bin Hj Abdul Momin, Hj Mursidi bin Karim, Hj Cucu bin Hj Mohammad, Zainul bin Ashmawi, Hairi bin Abdullah, Seow Wei Su and Muhd Hardiman bin Zainul will have to pursue a football future on their own now, if they remain of a mind to do so.
