We want this season to get the maximum results, namely the league champions, so the team's consolidation continues to be done by coach Jacksen F Tiago,Banjarmasin, S Kalimantan (Antaranews Kalsel) - Management of Barito Putera football club, South Kalimantan, contracts 29 players to welcome the Liga 1 season of 2019.
There are several new faces entered the Barito Putera squad in contracts for the 2019 Liga 1, including the national team star, Evan Dimas and David Maulana.
There is a former Persipura Jayapura player, Andri Ibo, ex-Persitoli Tolikara, Jacob Sayuri, and former PS Bali Badung player Muhammad Afandi Yusuf who is the younger brother of Barito Putera's attacker Samsul Arif.
Barito Putera also recruited 19-year-old junior players Kahar Muzakir, Ferdiansyah and Yuswanto.
In addition, Barito Putera retained several of his senior players, Poulo Sitanggang, Aditya Harlan, Nazar Nurzaidin, Rony Beroperay, Sandy Ferizal, Nazarul Fahmi, Adi Setiawan and Muhammad Rajiv.
Barito Putera already has two foreign players, Arthur Jesus and Lucas Silva from Brazil for the position of defender.
The club manager H Hasnuryadi Sulaiman HB in Banjarmasin, Sunday, said his team is still hunting for players, even though they already had 29 players who were officially contracted.
"Especially foreign players, we still have our quota, so we will look for it," said the son of Barito Putera's founder, the late H Sulaiman HB.
But it does not rule out the possibility, continued Hasnuryadi, the quota of local players will be added again, because it is still carried out hunting the star players.
"We want this season to get the maximum results, namely the league champions, so the team's consolidation continues to be done by coach Jacksen F Tiago," said the member of the Republic of Indonesia House of representative (DPR) from the Golkar party.
Pewarta: SukarliEditor : Mahdani
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