Goal. “I’m not necessarily from Singapore originally, but I classify myself as Singaporean.
“My parents both grew up in India and met in college. They then got jobs in Hong Kong, and they migrated and lived there for around 11 years. Singapore is my home, definitely. I feel most comfortable here, but I’m not your regular Singaporean kid, because I went to an international school and I wasn’t born here. Singapore means everything to me, it’s my home, but probably not the same way a local would feel because I don’t have ancestors here. It’s all I know, though.
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The former Socceroo is head coach of Lion City Sailors, a club making waves in Singapore and one with ambitions to become a regional and, one day, continental force.
The Sailors have just smashed Singapore’s transfer record by paying around $2.8 million for Diego Lopes from Portuguese club Rio Ave.
It has made football fans in the city state sit up and take notice, which is hardly a surprise given that the previous transfer record was a relatively measly $49,000.
That is not the only signing. Also incoming is Brazilian defender Jorge Fellipe who joins from Al-Tai in Saudi Arabia.