Malaysia 'not sure' to have top scorer of Argentine origin playing for Vietnam; Rashford chooses new destination

Rashford chooses new destination

Marcus Rashford put MU in a difficult position when he refused to commit his future to Aston Villa because he wanted to move to a team that has a place in the Champions League next season.

Rashford ended his loan at Villa Park after finishing sixth in the league, missing out on Champions League qualification and only qualifying for the Europa League. According to British media, manager Unai Emery wants to keep the 27-year-old striker after his impressive performances since January.

In Villa's shirt, Rashford regained his form with 4 goals and 5 assists after 17 matches, thereby being called back to the England team. However, the 0-2 loss to MU in the final round almost caused Villa's ambition to keep Rashford to collapse.

Rashford prefers to play for a club that qualifies for the Champions League next season. Finances are a major barrier, given that Rashford is earning a salary of up to £350,000 a week. Villa will lose around £50 million in bonuses for qualifying for the Champions League.

On the contrary, MU wants to sell Rashford to free up the salary fund and create conditions for coach Ruben Amorim to carry out a squad overhaul. His transfer price is around 40 million pounds, with Barcelona being one of the potential destinations.

Vietnam women's team adds overseas Vietnamese player

After more than 3 weeks of training in Hanoi, on the afternoon of May 27, the Vietnam Women's Team made changes to its squad. Accordingly, the team said goodbye to 3 players and welcomed 9 members from the Ho Chi Minh City Women's Club.

In addition to familiar players such as Huynh Nhu, Thu Thao, Chuong Thi Kieu, Cu Thi Huynh Nhu, Nguyen Thi Tuyet Ngan, Nguyen Thi Kim Yen, Quach Thu Em, the Vietnam women's team has added overseas Vietnamese player Nguyen Hoang Nam Mi. In addition, coach Doan Thi Kim Chi continues to join the team's coaching staff.

Nguyen Hoang Nam Mi has Vietnamese parents, but was born and raised in Canada and now has Vietnamese nationality. Nam Mi is 1.7m tall, is ambidextrous, plays as a central midfielder, and has played for the Canadian U15 and U17 Women's Teams.

Meanwhile, 3 players stopped training with the Vietnam Women's Team from May 28, including: Ta Thi Thuy, Vu Thi Hoa (Phong Phu Ha Nam); Nguyen Thi Truc Huong (Vietnam Coal and Minerals).

From now until June 1,DVietnam women's teamThere will be 2 friendly matches to increase competition. Before that, the team played a friendly match with the Vinh Yen Veterans team on the afternoon of May 26 and won with a score of 3-2.

Final list of Southeast Asian stars to play Man Utd

The ASEAN All-stars team will have a notable friendly match with Man Utd at Bukit Jalil Stadium, Malaysia on the evening of May 28.

Ahead of the match against the “Red Devils”, the ASEAN All-stars team led by coach Kim Sang-sik has finalized the list of 26 players from 11 AFF member countries.

Vietnam has 4 players including Nguyen Hoang Duc, Nguyen Hai Long, Do Duy Manh and Nguyen Van Vi, while Australia has the same number of members. Malaysia has the strongest force with 5 representatives, Thailand also nominated 3 names. Indonesia, Philippines, Cambodia contribute 2 people, while Laos, Myanmar, East Timor and Singapore each have 1 representative. Brunei is the only Southeast Asian country without any players after Azwan Ali Rahman withdrew for personal reasons.

Despite being called 'ASEAN All-stars', the team did not have the strongest squad because the match was not on FIFA Days, many key players were not allowed to attend by their clubs, and others were busy with national duties.

On the team sidePremier League, they brought 32 players for the tour to Malaysia and Hong Kong - China, including many stars familiar to Vietnamese fans as well as in Southeast Asia.

Malaysia "not sure" to have top scorer of Argentine origin playing for Vietnam

Coach Peter Cklamovski said "not sure" when asked about the possibility of the top scorer of the 2018 Chilean First Division, Argentine Rodrigo Holgado, being able to make it in time for the match against Vietnam on June 10.

This striker is valued at 800,000 Euros by Transfermarkt and is being rushed by the Malaysian Football Federation to complete naturalization procedures and change federations in order to be present in time for the match against Vietnam on June 10.

However, recently when asked about Holgado's case, coach Cklamovski replied: "Not sure".

Notably, the New Straits Times reported that there are two naturalized players added to the Malaysian team to play Vietnam on June 10. Besides Holgado, there may be another unknown.

Before the matchVietnam teamOn June 10 at the 87,000-seat Bukit Jalil home stadium, Malaysia will have two quality friendly matches with the Cape Verde team (Africa, ranked 72nd in the world) on May 29 and June 3.

In the 2027 Asian Cup qualifiers, Malaysia aims to surpass Vietnam, Laos, and Nepal to win the only ticket in Group F to the final round./.