In August 2009, he began appearing as a football expert in the studios of ESPN STAR Sports and for the SingTel coverage of the UEFA Champions League in Singapore, where his popularity once saw him dubbed as "The Singapore Beckham".
Abbas Kiarostami | Saad Hariri | Mahmoud Abbas | Bandar Abbas | Abbas I of Egypt | Roshan Abbas | Khwaja Ahmad Abbas | Khalid Abbas Dar | Abbas | Youssouf Saleh Abbas | Milton Abbas | Itchen Abbas | Amin Saad Muhammad al-Zumari | Ahmed Saad Osman | Abbas I | Abbas (actor) | Saad Zaghloul | Saad Eddin Ibrahim | Imran Abbas Naqvi | Abbas Saad | Abbas Milani | Abbas I of Persia | Waseem Abbas | Shah Abbas | Prince Abbas Hilmi | Natasja Saad | Nadeem Abbas | Matthew Saad Muhammad | Ezzat Saad | Abbas Zaki |
Many fans expected the team to build on the success of 1990 in the following season but the failure to retain the services of players like Borhan Abu Samah, Abbas Saad and Alistair Edwards proved to be costly.
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Top local and key import players like Fandi, Malek, Kannan, Sundram, Jang Jung, Abbas Saad and Alistair Edwards, who were then playing for Malaysian teams all returning to help the Lions in their mission to regain their status in Semi-Pro League 1 and at the same time, mount a serious challenge to the Cup through qualification by finishing as one of the top two teams in League 2.
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The emergence of several young players like Nazri Nasir, Hasnim Haron, D. Tokijan, Borhan Abu Samah and the potent partnership and free scoring of both Australian imports Abbas Saad and Alistair Edwards resulted to a strong finishing in the league and cup, by finishing runners up to Selangor in the Semi-Pro League 1 and runners up in the Cup final in 1990.