‘Sumareh’s move to Thai team is only temporary’

FOOTBALL legend Khalid Ali beafter Pahang coach Dollah lieves that the decision by MoSalleh revealed that the player hamadou Sumareh, the country’s did not attend any team training first naturalised footballer, to sessions for a month since early join Thailand League’s Police August.

Tero FC is only a temporary meaSumareh, who had a contract sure before “he signs for his with Pahang until next year, also dream team”. did not feature in any of Pahang’s

“I don’t want to point fingers, Super League matches despite but this may be a very strategic the M-League resuming on Aug move,” Khalid told28. Bernama when asked aboutL the 25-yearocal media had reported that old Sumareh’s bold decision to the rift between Sumareh and terminate his contract with the PFA was caused by the associPahang Football Association ation’s failure to pay his salary. (PFA) and leave the Elephants in This resulted in him making a a controversial manner. claim of more than RM1 million

“This is his way of moving to from Pahang through his Swissanother team. We call this the based lawyer. cooling period. Seen from this context, Khalid

“His move to Thailand may be admitted that it was every playtemporary and, after the cooling er’s dream to play for a team period, he will return to play for which could guarantee his fuhis dream team. ture.

“This may not be his plan, but “As a football player, I prefer to it’s a tactic that may well see him play for a team which can provide play for the team that he has been me with a better future,” said having talks with.” Khalid, who also played for

Sumareh switched to the Thai Selangor back in the 1980s. team on Sept 7, just two weeks