Most local football fans will know the story of how Fandi Ahmad dazzled during trials at Ajax Amsterdam in 1982, only to reject a contract after consulting his family elders.
Few, however, know how he got the opportunity to audition at one of Europe's most well-known clubs in the first place.
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