Foreign Players For League 2 A Must, President Director Of PT LIB Examples Of The Premier League

President Director of PT Liga Indonesia Baru (LIB) Ferry Paulus (center). (Photo via ANTARA)

JAKARTA - President Director of PT Liga Indonesia Baru Ferry Paulus stated that foreign players for Liga 2 are a must. This was conveyed by him during the club owner's meeting of Liga 2 2023/2024 volume 2 which was held, Thursday, July 20.

Ferry said the use of foreign players was to increase the valuation of the second caste soccer competition in Indonesia.

"All clubs who have been hesitant about foreign players or not, today is one of the agreements for clubs whether there are foreigners," said Ferry Paulus.

"Because in the future we have a league that wants to advance to class. If there are no foreigners, the league valuation will be smaller so that foreign players will become a must," he continued, as reported by Antara.

According to Ferry, there are at least two clubs out of a total of 28 Liga 2 clubs that disagree. The former Persija Jakarta manager then emphasized that the regulation on the use of foreign players for League 2 continues because it is not burdensome in terms of finance for each club.

"There is only one level below Liga 1, so it makes it easier for League 2 friends to find, the class can also get it financially," said Ferry.

The 59-year-old man is aware that there are pros and cons regulations about foreign players for League 2. The effect of the arrival of these foreign players is that there are fewer local players who have fewer playing opportunities.

By taking another point of view, said Ferry, that the presence of foreign players can improve the quality of local players in League 2 to be better.

He also took the best league in the world today, namely the Premier League, where there are far fewer local players than existing foreign players.

"But the benefits of foreign players to improve the performance of local players. Say its performance, existing local players can get a good transformation from foreign players," explained Ferry.

"In England, there are only one to two local players. But because the league is good, the competition is good, foreign players are mostly from outside, the country is advanced," he added.

In addition to foreign player regulations, another thing that is being discussed as the main club owner's meeting for Liga 2 volume 2 is about every club that can share stadiums because there are several stadiums in the same area that are still being renovated.

"For example, like in Sumatra, the Teladan stadium wants to be renovated, only PSDS, while there are three clubs there," said Ferry.

"The process of shifting the schedule to the schedule is important so that the stadium used the term can share because there is only one stadium," he added.

Meanwhile, regarding broadcasting rights, the man who was born on May 22, 1964, could not speak much. Now, his party is still discussing his best efforts to support the principle of fairness of all League 2 clubs.

There is also a schedule to be carried out to get a fairness principle. There is Saturday, Monday, Tuesday or maybe Wednesday. We will also formulate this so that in the future the clubs can get the same quota as the right exposure," said Ferry.

Furthermore, all matters related to the rolling of Liga 2 will still be discussed in more detail and the same meeting will be held in the future.

"The desired contribution based on the calculations we have is still not clear. This means that there will be a meeting again at the same time as finalization and delivery of schedules, contributions, and the permit process at each club in their respective stadiums," closed Ferry.