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NEWS FOR TODAY

I,m very surprise while read newspaper today. We read together for thinking.

Satianathan "sent off" to England. Oh My God. Are we wasted money? How many Ringgit Malaysia FAM spent for this exitement. We read the news..

KUALA LUMPUR: National football coach B. Satianathan will get a chance to see how English Premier League champions Manchester United train and prepare for matches when he goes on a two-week attachment with the club in March.

The FA of Malaysia (FAM) had sought the stint with United as part of their plans to improve the quality of their coaching staff and also update them on new coaching methods.

The FAM deputy president, Khairy Jamaluddin, said after the executive committee meeting yesterday that Satianathan would come under the direct charge of United’s assistant coach Carlos Quierez.

“This is a great opportunity for the coach to gain some valuable insight into the coaching method of a top club.

“We are also looking at our players going on attachments with top clubs,” he said.

Khairy added that they had also asked former Liverpool and Welsh international Ian Rush to hold special clinics for the national forwards and those from the state teams.

“From the report on the team's performance in the Korat SEA Games, it was found that finishing was a major problem of our forwards (Malaysia failed to qualify for the semi-finals),” he said.

“The clinic by Rush is the start of many more such clinics aimed at specific areas in the training programme.

“All the forwards in the national training squad will attend the clinics and we will allow the state teams to send at least one forwards for the stints. We will confirm the dates soon.”

Satianathan said that he was grateful to the FAM for sending him on the attachment as it would help him with the task to build a strong national team.

“This a great chance for me to learn from the best. The national team will not be in training during that period and I can spend time learning and looking at ways to further improve our team,” he added.

The national training squad of 36 trainees reported for a four-day stint yesterday.

Satianathan said that it was familiarization stint to let the players know what to expect this year and their priorities.