AZWAN 'READY' TO LEAVE INDERA FOR DPMM FC
by AK FAUZI PG SALLEH
INDERA Sports Club (SC)
midfielder Azwan Ali Rahman, regarded as the club's finest young prospect, is
ready to leave the club for the country's only professional football club, DPMM
FC.
Indera SC president Pg
Anak Hj Mohd Yassin Pg Anak Safiuddin had hoped that his public talks of Azwan
as a "talented young player" and "Indera's best player",
might help persuade the 21-year-old to stay with the club and ignore the
overtures of DPMM FC.
But, in an interview
with The Brunei Times last night, Azwan said that he is ready to leave Indera
for DPMM FC.
"I am joining DPMM
FC. We had sorted things with the DPMM FC management. Now I just need to wait
for medical check and fitness test," said the midfielder.
"I know Indera are
not willing to let me go. But the power to make the decision is in my hands. I
talked to Pg Anak (Pg Anak Hj Mohd Yassin) about it but he is still reluctant
to let me go.
"It is very
difficult for me to leave Indera, but I am doing this for my future. I would
like to try new things and move on to the next level," said Azwan.
"I am very happy
to be able to join the best club in the country. The facilities are very good
and I know most of the players in the club," he added.
Azwan will join former
Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy (HBT) teammates Adi Said (striker), Md Hendra Azam Md
Idris (midfielder), Md Najib Hj Tarif (midfielder) and Md Fakhrul Zulhazmi
Yussof (goalkeeper) who officially signed for DPMM FC in April, last year.
"I would like to
thank the club (Indera) and I would also like to thank the coach and my team
mates for helping me out throughout my stay with them," he said.
Calls to DPMM FC team
manager Ali Hj Momin and Indera president Pg Anak Hj Mohd Yassin were not
answered as of press time.
Azwan became a hero for
the club after scoring Indera's only goal in their dramatic 1-0 victory over
the Royal Brunei Armed Forces Sports Council (MS ABDB) in the final day of
competition on March 10 to help Indera finish as champions above MS ABDB on goal
difference.
He scored a staggering
17 goals in eight appearances with Indera in the inaugural edition of the DST
Super League and his astonishing goal tally earned him the award for top-scorer
during the DST Super League prize presentation ceremony at the Hassanal Bolkiah
National Stadium in Berakas last Thursday.
He was a part of the
national squad at the ASEAN Football Federation Suzuki Cup 2012 qualifiers in
Myanmar in October.
He also featured in the
national Under-21 team that won the 2012 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy (HBT) in March
where he showed that he can definitely hang with the best the region has to
offer with his strong play in the middle of the park.
