TRONG HY BLASTS V-LEAGUE’S TRANSFER VALUE

He said that the over-valuing of local players in the transfer system will likely lead to an almost chaos when the transfer window opens as clubs chase to sign over-priced players.

The new V-League open on 22 January 2011.

Trong Hy agreed with Hoang Anh Gia Lai FC owner Doan Nguyen Duc that no Vietnamese player is worth over VND5 billion (USD256,000).

But international striker Le Cong Vinh of T&T Hanoi has been priced at VND20 billion (over USD1 million) while Navibank Saigon signed striker Quang Hai at a price of VND10 billion (USD513,000).

Minh Phuong also moved to SHB Danang for VND7 billion (USD359,000).

With quality footballers under the age of 23-years-old becoming scarce, clubs have to accept the escalating price to register the 25 players required for the new season.

The rarity of young players is rooted in the fact that for the majority of the 14 clubs in Vietnam’s V-League, they have yet to initiate their own youth policy.

This is of course with the exception of Hoang Anh Gia Lai, Dong Thap, and Song Lam Nghe An.

And the hunt for young players has become even harder for clubs when the VFF recently ruled that each club must register at least five under-23 players and a maximum of five foreign athletes to their roster.