The decision of the Malaysian Football League (MFL) to allow teams to start a match with six imported players for the 2024-2025 M-League season is seen to be detrimental to local players.
Malaysia has been a favourite destination for over a thousand foreign footballers, including iconic international players such as Pablo Aimar, Dani Güiza, and El Hadji Diouf, who sought livelihood when the Football Association Malaysia (FAM) permitted local clubs to recruit foreign players in 1989.
Salaries for footballers have become a hot topic in the Malaysian football community, as foreign players consistently earn more than local players in their respective clubs.
Malaysia is making a major push into the artificial intelligence era, with nearly RM6 billion allocated to strengthen research, development, and innovation in emerging technologies
