KUALA LUMPUR: Brazilian Guilherme de Paula Lucrecio is ready to do the samba for Malaysian football. The striker will represent Malaysia if everything falls into place and he’s eager to don the national jersey. The 32-year-old Kuala Lumpur striker is one of the foreigners earmarked by the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) to be a naturalised player as heprepares for his fifth year in the Malaysian League. The people here have warmed up to me, and I’ve lots of respect for the people of Malaysia,” said De Paula after playing in a friendly against Penang at the Kuala Lumpur Football Stadium in Cheras on Saturday. “Also, I want to break the goal-scoring record in Kuala Lumpur and bag the Super League top scorer award.

Source: The Star December 22, 2018 23:15 UTC