Hassan Sunny has turned out for Southeast Asian giants Singapore more than 80 times. FAS Singapore national team goalkeeper Hassan Sunny singled out Buriram United couple Diogo and Jakkaphan Kaewprom as the Premier League of Thailand ( PLT ) ‘s best players. Having become the inaugural Singaporean plug to play in the PLT with Army United last season, Hassan had a superb season between the sticks for the Bangkok-based club, and was the PLT ‘s standout goalkeeper ahead of Muangthong United ‘s Kawin Thamsatchanan. His hard oeuvre paid off when he was named in the Telegraph ‘s acme 20 goalkeepers in the world list earlier this week, alongside the likes of Bayern Munich ‘s Manuel Neuer, Manchester United ‘s David De Gea and Arsenal ‘s Petr Cech. presently into his irregular season with Army United, Hassan reckons it will be a rugged season ahead, particularly with a newly assembled team, with about half the team coming from the Thai Division Two league.

“ We played a set of games at the beginning of the season and it was quite sturdy because we were up against the boastfully clubs, ” Hassan told ESPN FC. “ No doubt this year we have quite a lot of inexperienced players. We have 10 to 11 modern players signed from Division Two. “ This means we have not much PLT have and that is a huge disadvantage for us as the senior players. ” With six games played, Army sit down in tenth home with six points from two wins, but Hassan ‘s team are not the entirely club who seem to be struggling this temper .Diogo’s absence in attack has caused Buriram United plenty of problems this season. Thananuwat Srirasant/Getty Images Reigning champions Buriram United have had a shuffle originate to their season, with three wins and two defeats. The Thunder Castles seem a distant shadow of their common selves, having gone through last season undefeated in 35 league games. Their poor beginning culminated with a long-run wound to brazilian striker Diogo — 33 PLT goals in 32 matches — whom Hassan rates as the best player he has come up against in the Thai league. “ When you talk about external players, Diogo is inactive the best musician in Thailand, ” the Singapore international added. “ Without him, you can see how Buriram are struggling in attack. They are relying on goals from set-piece situations more this season, and have n’t done well in the AFC Champions League.

“ This is all down to the absence of Diogo. He brings a whole different dimension to the team with his penetration and instinct in front of goal. ” With a big clubhouse like the Thunder Castles, coach Alexandre Gama will surely want his players to turn the club ‘s fortunes around angstrom promptly as possible, and the Singapore goalkeeper knows of one player in the Buriram team who can be the catalyst of a revival from their mini-slump. “ locally in Thailand, I rate Buriram ‘s No. 10 Jakkaphan very highly. He recently got called up to the Thai national team and he deserves to be there. Surprising that Zico [ Kiatisuk Senamuang ] never called him up before that. ” he said. “ He [ Jakkaphan ] is very talented. He is calm air under pressure situations and he plays the bet on in a very intelligent way. He reminds me of the Therdsak [ Chaiman ] and Tawan Sripan type of actor who can change games with one touch. ”Hassan will be keen on a consistent season to ensure he gets a place in Singapore’s AFF Suzuki Cup squad come November. Paul Murphy Having come from the Singapore S.League, where he became the first-ever goalkeeper to win the Player of the Year award in 2014, helping Warriors FC claim a record ninth league championship, Hassan sees a lot of difference between the two area ‘s footballing polish. It is even more apparent when he got called up for the Lions ‘ Myanmar friendly and World Cup qualifier against Afghanistan in March.

“ I ‘m enjoying life in Thailand. I speak a act of Thai nowadays and overall it ‘s been a very good prison term. Like during train recently when the officials announced that Mongkol [ Tossakrai ] and me got called up for Thailand and Singapore, all the players clapped and congratulated us. ” said the giant show-stopper. “ It ‘s like a custom to do that and I think because, for them, it is a big privilege and honor to play for your nation. besides possibly, they do n’t take anything in life for granted over there [ in Thailand ] as compared to us [ in Singapore ]. ” Buriram will do battle with Chonburi on Friday while the remainder of the league will resume after a three-week break on April 23, with Army hosting Pattaya United at the Royal Thai Army Stadium .