M'sian coaches to LionsXII: Bring it on

TNP PICTURE: Kua Chee Siong

WE WELCOME you with open arms, but we won't make things easy for you in our own backyard.

That is the message from coaches across the Causeway, as Singapore make a return to Malaysian football for the first time in 17 years.

On Monday, the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) unveiled the 28-man LionsXII squad which will take part in the Malaysian Super League (MSL) and domestic cup tournaments next year.

And the general reaction from our Cauesway rivals to Singapore's re-entry into the league – they last played in 1994 – is that it will refresh the MSL, the top-flight competition in the M-League.