Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin has picked up the gauntlet thrown at him by the Crown Prince of Johor Tunku Ismail Ibrahim, for them to debate the state of Malaysian football.

"Yes. Okay," was his curt answer when asked about the matter during a press conference at a hotel in Petaling Jaya tonight.

"How many ways can you interpret 'yes'? Yes means yes. Yes does not mean no," he blurted when pressed for confirmation.