COMMENT | Like a hot potato, responsibility for the fraudulent documentation submitted to the International Federation of Association Football (Fifa) is being frantically passed between Malaysian institutions.

Denials and irrelevant questions abound, yet one truth remains undeniable - the grandparents of the seven players in question were never born in Malaysia, contrary to the official claims.

The seven players are Gabriel Felipe Arrocha, Facundo Tomás Garcés, Rodrigo Julián Holgado are Imanol Javier Machuca, João Vitor Brandão Figueiredo, Jon Irazábal Iraurgui and Hector Alejandro Hevel Serrano.

Named, shamed, and suspended from playing for a year by Fifa for their role in the supposed deception, their football careers are...