The Minister for Culture, Community and Youth tells CNA the "focus is really on building up the Singapore core".
The Minister for Culture, Community and Youth tells CNA the"focus is really on building up the Singapore core".New: You can now listen to articles.SINGAPORE: The most sustainable way for Singapore football to grow is to build up a pool of its own youth players rather than just importing foreign talent, said Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Edwin Tong .
Mr Tong cited the example of Indonesia, who recently registered draws against Asian heavyweights Australia and Saudi Arabia in World Cup qualifiers. Both teams competed at the last edition of the World Cup in Qatar."They are Indonesian by birth or by descent, but they are not Indonesian by culture. I want to build a Singapore team that is Singaporean by culture and Singaporean in identity," Mr Tong said.
Mr Tong said that"for a period of time" in the early 2000s, Singapore relied"a lot" on naturalised players in its rise to become a regional powerhouse."We did win a couple of AFFs in that period of time. And I think this in some ways ... papered over the cracks," he said. Describing UTR as a"passion project" for Singapore, Mr Tong said progress would not happen in a"straight line".
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