Famous Malaysian journalist reveals why FIFA delayed its decision

Malaysian media has just dealt a heavy blow to the country's hopes of reversing the situation of football in its appeal to FIFA.

Malaysian football faces even heavier punishment from FIFA - Photo: FAM

According to initial expectations from Malaysian media, the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) will receive an official decision from the FIFA Appeal Committee at the end of October.

But then, when November came, FIFA still did not make this announcement. According to experts, FIFA's delay in making a decision was due to changes in the case submission by FAM.

FIFA's delay has given hope to Malaysian football fans, as FAM has more time to attempt to overturn the ruling.

But on the afternoon of November 3, famous Malaysian journalist T. Avineshwaran revealed an important piece of information, like "pouring cold water" on the hopes of domestic fans.

Specifically, journalist T. Avineshwaran said the reason FIFA delayed its decision was because they were waiting to collect enough evidence to "preempt" FAM when the head of the Malaysian football village wanted to bring the case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

"The reason for the delay in the announcement is because FIFA wants to come to a definitive and comprehensive conclusion before making the announcement, and also prepare for the possibility that FAM will bring the case to CAS," said journalist Avineshwaran.

As a sports reporter with many relationships in the top football world, journalist Avineshwaran is famous for posting quite accurate "behind the scenes" information related to football officials.

Because of that, the information from journalist Avineshwaran made many Malaysian fans disappointed.

Previously, many people believed that FIFA's delay in the decision was an opportunity for FAM to have more time to appeal. But in reality, FIFA's motive could be the opposite, wanting to "extinguish" all hope for Malaysian football in this fraudulent naturalization case.

By law, FAM has about 2 weeks to decide to bring the case to CAS, in case they cannot successfully appeal to FIFA.

HUY DANG

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