TRIBUNJOGJA.COM, YOGYA – PSS Sleman will not be messing around with League 1 next season. A number of new players, both local and foreign, have been recruited.
PSS Sleman does not want to repeat the bad experience in Liga 1 for two consecutive seasons. Early preparations were also carried out, including the recruitment of trainers.
Before announcing a number of new recruits, PSS Sleman first released 11 old players in the positions of defender, goalkeeper and midfielder.
PSS Sleman has officially parted ways with goalkeepers Ega Rizky and Try Hamdani; defender Dedy Gusawan, Purwaka Yudhi, Marckho Sandy Meraudje, and Bagus Nirwanto.
In midfield, PSS Sleman no longer works with Manda Cingi, Rifky Suryawan, Wahyu Sukarta, Rachmad Hidayat and Jonathan Cantillana.
There is still one player in the midfield sector who doesn’t know whether to stay or not. It is a foreign legionary originating from Lebanon, Jihad Ayoub.
PSS Sleman has yet to announce the fate of the foreign player from Lebanon, Jihad Ayoub. (Doc PSS Sleman)
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Source Tribunjogja.com said Ayoub could be an option for PSS Sleman if he did not find a foreign defensive midfielder as needed.
“Next season, PSS plans to use six foreign players. So far, management already has five foreign legions,” he said, Thursday (4/5/2023).
For your information, League 1 2023/2024 may allow each participant to use six foreign players. The composition is five free and one Asian.
These provisions follow the standards of the Asian Football Confederation or the Asian Football Confederation. The ratification of the regulation regarding this matter is waiting for the hammer knock.
Super Elang Jawa wants to make the most of it by bringing in one more foreign player, who is said to be from Asia. “Could be Come on stay,” said the source.
Just so you know, PSS’s five foreign players for the upcoming League 1 season are midfielders Jonathan Bustos and Kei Sano, defender Thales Lira, and goalkeeper Antony Pinthus.
PSS Sleman brought in a new foreign player in the defender position, Thales Lira.
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PSS Sleman brought in Bustos from Borneo FC. Kei Sano previously played in the Maltese League. Thales Lira comes from Brazil and has never played in Indonesia.
Pinthus is the goalkeeper for the Philippines National Team. Then, another foreign player who will defend PSS is striker Yevhen Bokhashvili from Ukraine.
Source: Jogja Tribune