LAHORE, Nov 19: CHECK THIS IS VERY MUCH

LAHORE, Nov 19: Twenty-six probables have been called to attend the national training football camp starting at Jinnah Stadium, Islamabad from Dec 10 to prepare and finalise Pakistan team for the third South Asian Federation Football (SAFF) championship to be held in Dhaka, Bangladesh from Jan 10 to 20.

Pakistan seniors team coach Jozef Herel, whose contract with the PFF ends Dec 28, has been named to supervise the training camp. Herel’s appointment as coach after the expiry of his  contract, clearly indicates that his contract will be extended by the PFF.

 PFF has yet to take a decision whether it will retain both foreign coaches at its own expense, or not. The two coaches, Herel and John Layton were provided by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) under its Aid-26 programme.

Since  the AFC has decided to terminate this programme from  Dec 31,  the PFF will have to bear their expenses if it wishes to retain the two.

A hectic schedule of Pakistan seniors is planned from January to April 30, beginning with the SAFF championship, qualifying rounds of the Olympics, Asia Cup and the ninth SAF Games.

Probables:

Goalkeepers:  Jaffar Khan (Army), Asadullah Tariq (Wapda),  Abdul Ghani (KPT), Falik Sher (Army.

Defenders:  Haroon  Yousaf (ABL),  Tanveer  Ahmad  (Wapda), Hayatullah (KRL), Shahid Muhammad (Wapda), Shahzad Haider (army), Sameen Ibrahim (HBL), Gulzar Ahmad (army), Amir Shahzad (Army).

Midfielders: Sarfraz Rasool, (KRL), Zakir Hussain  (Wapda), Sajjad  Hussain (KRL), Ashfaq Ahmad (ABL), Ayaz  Muhammad  (KRL), Agha  Syed  Raza  (Wapda), Muhammad  Niaz  (Wapda),  Adeel  Ahmed (PTCL).

Strikers: Qadeer Ahmad (KRL), Shahid Saleem (HBL), Muhammad Essa  (PTCL), Zahid Niaz (PIA), Khuda Bakhsh, Zulifqar  Ali  Shah (Wapda).