Many dream of making the big step up from domestic Malaysian football to playing abroad but very few dare to make the jump. It's a precarious leap that isn't easy to take for a variety of reasons and when the move to another country is made, it's sink or swim time.
It has been over 12 months since Hadi Fayyadh made the move from JDT to Japanese J2 League side Fagiano Okayama but it has certainly not been a rosy period for the lanky striker, who has yet to feature for the first team.
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Starting out at the now defunct Frenz United which was a privately owned academy, Hadi caught the attention of Super League champions JDT who swooped in to get his signature back in 2016.