According to Tunku Ismail, who is also the Crown Prince of Johor, the exco members concerned were not on the same wavelength as him in the administration of the governing body for football in the country.

“As the president, I know there is an attempt to oust me but as long as I am in the FAM, such an attempt will not succeed,” he told reporters after opening the Johor Darul Ta’zim (JDT) Football Club’s congress here today.

Tunku Ismail said the conspiracy or attempt to oust a number of individuals in the FAM leadership was not limited to Football Malaysia Limited Liability Partnership (FMLLP) chief executive officer Kevin Ramalingam but such an attempt included him, too.

He was commenting on reports in a local daily today that there was an attempt to oust Kevin from FMLLP.

Speaking of JDT, Tunku Ismail said there would be a restructuring in the club next year.

The restructuring included appointing former JDT player Luciano Figueroa as the club’s ambassador and contact person for international affairs as well as appointing state secretary Azmi Rohani as the Yayasan JDT chairman.

Tunku Aminah Sultan Ibrahim, Ismail Karim, Alistair Edwards and Martin J Hugo Prest would remain as presidents of JDT, Johor Football Association (PBNJ), JDT technical director and JDT director respectively.

Tunku Ismail said the restructuring was aimed at enabling JDT to secure more sponsorship from international companies as well as achieve excellent results on and off the field.

He added that there would be one or two new foreign players joining JDT next season.