Football: Ex-Lions skipper Indra Sahdan hopes to help groom next generation of scorers

Indra Sahdan Daud had been looking for a way to give back to local football. ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE
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SINGAPORE - As Son Heung-min stole in at the front post and scored Tottenham Hotspur's second goal against Leeds United at White Hart Lane in London two weeks ago, almost 11,000km away, seven-year-old Tylan jumped off the couch in his Siglap home and giddily exclaimed: "Coach Indra taught us that!"

Tylan and his brother Kyen, nine, whose father is former national defender R. Sasikumar, have been soaking up specialist striker lessons dished out by former Lions captain Indra Sahdan Daud since the turn of the year.

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