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Raja berhak beri pandangan: Subahan

Kelana Jaya: “Sebagai jurulatih, beliau (Datuk K Rajagobal) berhak untuk beri pandangan. Saya rasa beliau tidak melanggar Artikel 88. Beliau kena lebih berterus-terang supaya jurulatih di peringkat negeri boleh sama-sama membantu memberikan yang terbaik.”

Itu kenyataan diberikan pengurus skuad kebangsaan Datuk Seri Subahan Kamal mengenai kedudukan Rajagobal yang kini dilihat dalam bahaya berikutan kenyataannya mengenai ketandusan penyerang tempatan kerana kehadiran pemain import dalam Liga Malaysia (Liga-M) baru-baru ini.

Menurut Subahan, beliau menyokong sepenuhnya kenyataan pengendali Harimau Malaya itu kerana ia menceritakan situasi sebenar yang berlaku dalam kancah bola sepak negara ketika ini.
“Sebagai Naib Presiden (FAM), saya rasa kenyataannya itu tidak ada kena mengena langsung (Artikel 88). Sebagai jurulatih beliau berhak memberikan pandangan. Kalau tak boleh komen macam mana beliau nak menguruskan pasukan kebangsaan. Memang benar kita perlu mencari penyerang berbakat ketika ini,” katanya.

Dalam laporan Arena Metro semalam, Rajagobal menyuarakan rasa kurang senang dengan masalah ketiadaan penyerang semula jadi dalam skuad kebangsaan dan menganggap kehadiran penyerang import lebih mendapat tempat dalam pasukan utama Liga-M.

Apa yang diluahkan Rajagobal itu susulan kepada kekalahan terbaru Harimau Malaya kepada Arab Saudi 4-1 dalam aksi persahabatan di Stadium Shah Alam, Ahad lalu.
Kenyataan terbuka itu dilihat menyentuh polisi badan induk bola sepak tanah air dan Rajagobal boleh didakwa di bawah Artikel 88 Statut FAM seperti yang pernah dialami bekas jurulatih kebangsaan B Sathianathan sebelum ini.

Kerana kenyataan “M-League is not football” selepas pasukan kebangsaan dibelasah 5-0 oleh Emiriah Arab Bersatu pada aksi kelayakan Piala Asia pada 2009, Sathianathan dipecat FAM.
Bagaimanapun Subahan mahu semua pihak lebih fokus memberi sokongan kepada skuad kebangsaan menentang Yaman pada aksi kelayakan Piala Asia 2015, Jumaat ini daripada membincangkan isu itu.

“Jangan risau kalau kita tak 'deliver', kita akan beri laluan kepada orang lain. Kontrak Rajagobal sampai hujung tahun ini, sama ada disambung atau tidak, itu bukan kuasa saya, ia ditentukan Tuanku Presiden (Sultan Ahmad Shah) dan ahli Exco. Kita akan tengok keputusan dalam Piala Asia ini,” katanya.



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