The other side of Perry Ng, the Cardiff City star who can’t play for his country and wants to step up to the boardroom
The Bluebirds defender spoke about life away from Cardiff City
Perry Ng feels like he has been a part of the furniture at Cardiff City for an age. Signed in 2021, the right-back has churned out a level of consistency unrivalled among his peer group in the Welsh capital.
This season has been no different. Indeed, stats gurus WhoScored have Ng as the best-performing right-back in the Championship this term — he has an average score rating of 7.2/10 — and have him in the team of the season so far. It’s a shame, then, that he is not allowed to take those talents and showcase them on the international stage.
Cardiff stars Callum Robinson (Republic of Ireland), Manolis Siopis, Dimitrios Goutas (both Greece), Alex Runarsson (Iceland), Romaine Sawyers (St Kitts and Nevis) and Rubin Colwill (Wales under-21s) have all been called up for international duty this week, however Ng, who is desperate to represent Singapore, is currently stuck at the Bluebirds’ training base. Ng qualifies for Singapore through his paternal grandfather and has been fighting to represent the Asian country for years to no avail. The Singapore FA have confirmed that Ng is eligible to play for them through family links, however because he is not a Singapore citizen he has to fulfil a number of criteria and apply for citizenship before he can don the shirt. Essentially, it means Ng having to give up his British passport.
