Zarif Rasul withdraws MA Print transfer request

Rasul commits to Print

MA PRINT midfielder Zarif Rasul has withdrawn his transfer request after talks with the club.

The 22-year-old England international, who joined Print in September 2010, said last month that he wanted to leave after growing dissatisfied with the club’s lack of ambition and with life in the north of England.

But Print said in a statement on Tuesday that Rasul has expressed his commitment to the club and will remain at Stade de Shorthand.

“Zarif knows that the club is looking to move forward over the next few months, and push on both domestically and in Europe,” it said.

“Zarif is a key part of our plans for the long-term future and we are delighted that he has decided to stay at the club.”

Rasul was linked with moves to Liverpool and fierce local rivals Broadcast after handing in his transfer request last month.

He cited “broken promises made to him by the club’s management” as the main reason for his unhappiness, and claimed to have “played his last game for the club.”

Print expressed their disappointment at Rasul’s request, with club Director of Football Jamie Stanley critical of Rasul’s agent Jia Joorabchian.

The club insist that they received no bids for the diminutive playmaker over the Christmas period, and Rasul completed a dramatic U-turn just hours before the side’s Teeline Cup Final second leg.

Any doubts over Rasuls’s commitment were quelled as the midfielder marked his return to the side with a goal in Print’s 10-5 victory over Broadcast last night.