The Pakistan Football
Federation (PFF) wants to deal with the condition speedy as the future of the
game in the country depends on it, but in the meantime football players and experts
in the country look as if to have already made up their minds.
It is worth a mention here that
the PFF has included Bradford Park Avenue Association Football Club's (England)
Irfan Khan and Denmark-based
goalkeeper Yusuf for Pakistan Youth Team’s tour
to Thailand and the 2012 Olympic Asian Qualifiers.
Pakistan’s coach Tariq Lufti
has flip-flopped on the issue of expatriate players, first claiming he can do
without them and then retracting to state that these players could help in moving
the quality of the squad with their experience.
Pakistan striker and former
captain Muhammad Essa, as supporting the addition of players based out of the
country, believed in that there cannot be an over-reliance on them.
“Foreign
players can support Pakistan team and they are very good. But we cannot rely on
them. The problem is they have little time here to adjust or acclimatize with
the local conditions of not only Pakistan but throughout Asia” Essa said.
Local fans disagree about
foreign-based players that they are all ‘publicity and modest game’.
“Players
like Zeeshan Rehman and Adnan Ahmed may have entity skill, but I don’t think
they can achieve any miracles in the couple of months they join the Pakistan
setup every now and then. Even the Europe-based juniors will not make a
difference if they visit for a bit. Often times, there is much drumbeating when
foreigners are invited but there is little substance because it takes years to
form a good team combination,”
Mubashir Sheerazi, a resident of Karachi and a fan of English Premier League
club Newcastle United, said.
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