Having gone from winning 3 Singapore Premier League titles in the last 4 years, to winning just 3 matches in their opening 12 league games of 2024 - the new season has been quite the reality check for Albirex Niigata. Why has it seeming all gone wrong? And why did coach Kazuaki Yoshinaga pay the ultimate price for the White Swan's struggles? Club captain Ho Wai Loon spills the beans on Sports Minutes.

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Having gone from winning 3 Singapore Premier League titles in the last 4 years, to winning just 3 matches in their opening 12 league games of 2024 - the new season has been quite the reality check for Albirex Niigata. Why has it seeming all gone wrong? And why did coach Kazuaki Yoshinaga pay the ultimate price for the White Swan's struggles? Club captain Ho Wai Loon spills the beans on Sports Minutes.
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Sports Minutes: Albirex Niigata's skipper Ho Wai Loon on Kazuaki Yoshinaga's struggles, and the road ahead for the White Swans

The European transfer window closes this week, and the countdown is on for clubs to get their business done. With concerns surrounding PSR enforcements at an all-time high, and the influx of Saudi money flat-lining - what have you made of how clubs have conducted their dealings this summer? And with the deadline looming, who needs to get what done? James Walton, Deloitte's Sports Business Group Leader of Asia Pacific, weighs in.

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The European transfer window closes this week, and the countdown is on for clubs to get their business done. With concerns surrounding PSR enforcements at an all-time high, and the influx of Saudi money flat-lining - what have you made of how clubs have conducted their dealings this summer? And with the deadline looming, who needs to get what done? James Walton, Deloitte's Sports Business Group Leader of Asia Pacific, weighs in.
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Sports Minutes: Deadline day looms large in the European transfer market, so who needs what?

Expensively assembled squad? Check. Huge expectations to deliver? Check. Struggling to convince us of an identity? Check. The similarities between the Lion City Sailors and Manchester United are uncanny. Why is this the case? And what should Aleksandar Rankovic & Erik ten Hag do to overcome their respective 'identity crisis' issues. Deepanraj Ganesan & Zia-ul Raushan take a deep dive on Sports Minutes!

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Expensively assembled squad? Check. Huge expectations to deliver? Check. Struggling to convince us of an identity? Check. The similarities between the Lion City Sailors and Manchester United are uncanny. Why is this the case? And what should Aleksandar Rankovic &amp; Erik ten Hag do to overcome their respective 'identity crisis' issues. Deepanraj Ganesan &amp; Zia-ul Raushan take a deep dive on Sports Minutes!
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Sports Minutes: How do the Lion City Sailors & Manchester United overcome their 'identity crisis' issues?

You'd think spending in excess of ONE BILLION pounds would be a foolproof way to ensure success for a football club. Evidently not! Case in point: Chelsea - who under the Todd Boehly ownership have splashed the cash to recruit top talents the world over. Yet it hasn't equated to on pitch success. So what has gone wrong, and what needs to be done? We try to make sense of the madness in the company of  Kalvinder Singh, a (disgruntled) Chelsea fan.

.Got a story to tell? Get in touch with us!
raushan@sph.com.sg

You'd think spending in excess of ONE BILLION pounds would be a foolproof way to ensure success for a football club. Evidently not! Case in point: Chelsea - who under the Todd Boehly ownership have splashed the cash to recruit top talents the world over. Yet it hasn't equated to on pitch success. So what has gone wrong, and what needs to be done? We try to make sense of the madness in the company of  Kalvinder Singh, a (disgruntled) Chelsea fan.
.Got a story to tell? Get in touch with us! <a href="mailto:raushan@sph.com.sg">raushan@sph.com.sg</a>

Sports Minutes: Albirex Niigata's skipper Ho Wai Loon on Kazuaki Yoshinaga's struggles, and the road ahead for the White Swans

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