Indonesia Failed To Host The U-20 World Cup, STY Hopes Naturalization Process Of 3 Players Will Continue

The coach of the Indonesian national team, Shin Tae-yong. (Photo: Twitter/@PSSI)

JAKARTA - Indonesia's failure to hold 2023 U-20 World Cup has not only raised the question mark for the fate of the Indonesian national team. The naturalization process for the three potential Garuda Squad players has also begun to be questioned.

Indonesia is currently undergoing naturalization to be able to recruit three young players from the Netherlands namely Justin Hubner, Rafael Struick, and Ivan Jenner. The naturalization process for the three is still ongoing.

The three players are projected to strengthen Indonesia for the U-20 World Cup. Now that the U-20 Indonesian National Team will not be participating, many doubt the fate of their naturalization process.

Shin was the figure who encouraged the three players to naturalize in order to boost the achievements of the Garuda team.

Currently, Shin admits that he does not know what the future of the three naturalized players will be after the U-20 World Cup is not played.

"To be honest, there haven't been any reports about the naturalized players," said the coach from South Korea.

However, he still hopes the process will continue. "But I hope that these three players will remain Indonesian citizens to strengthen the Indonesian national team squad," he concluded.