However, Article 3.3 of the technical handbook released last month by this year's organisers listed that"a maximum of two players born before 1 Jan 1997 are eligible to participate".
When contacted, Fandi told TNP that he will be mulling over which senior players to call up, adding that the change"makes for a unique situation". He was referring to teams such as the Philippines, who can call up their naturalised foreigners, while defending champions Thailand could bolster their squad with Japan-based stars such as Chanathip Songkrasin and Theerathon Bunmathan."It would help them with experience and guidance... but in the end, it's about how the team prepares and how much they want to win," he said.
"I'm focusing on bringing up and developing the current young players and we'll probably identify the two by June or July, to see whether they are able to commit and many other factors."
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