Kelantan had decided to release two of their imports for loan to Kuala Lumpur FA. Those imports are Lebanese striker Zakaria Charara and Ghanaian defender Emmanuel Okine that will be on loan for the rest of the season.  Kuala Lumpur FA president Datuk Astaman Abdul Aziz reached an agreement with Kelantan FA president Tan Sri Annuar Musa recently for KL to take both players. Kuala Lumpur FA hope to improve with the services of both imports.

Meanwhile, Kelantan which had initially wanted to use both players for the AFC Cup campaign will be seeking for another two to replace them. Currently, Kelantan have two other imports Mohammed Ghaddar and Dennis Antwi  for the local and continental tournament. Those two will be selected early next month, which most probably one defender and one midfielder. A Nigerian defender, Obinna Nwaneri, with the height of 1.83m is one of the player that has been said to be listed for Kelantan to replace Emmanuel Okine. Obinna Nwaneri, age 29 is a former Nigerian National Team back in 2005 to 2010. Last year, he played with Kuwaiti club, Kazma Sporting Club.

This is an opportunity for Kelantan to strengthen the defence while improving the attacking sides. On defence side Kelantan currently have S Subramaniam, Daudsu Jamaluddin, Farisham Ismail, Aziz Ismail, Nik Shahrul Azim and Azizi Mat Rose. Kelantan hopes that they will be able to defend very well while aiming for more goals. Kelantan are now relying on local defenders to defend the goal, which is less effective when facing the physically taller imports.