Defender Taylor Regan is enjoying his time playing in Malayasia but is open to a return to the A-League next year.
Regan left Adelaide United and joined Selangor at the start of 2019 on a one-year deal.
The centre back re-signed with the Malaysian Super League club at the start of this year for another campaign but is off-contract at the end of 2020.
Regan has not made any decisions on his future and says he is keeping his options open.
"As a foreigner in Malaysia it's quite difficult to extend beyond a year," he told FTBL.
"Contract security is not the easiest thing to attain here. I'd love to stay in Malaysia, but at the same time I'm also open to options to return home, back in the A-League.
"I've been lucky enough not to burn any bridges when I leave clubs, so hopefully in turn maybe I can return somewhere and finish my career.
"I'm 31 now so I'm not too young, but I've still got a few years left in me yet."
Regan is highly valued at Selganor and is captain of the Red Giants.
"It probably comes with my personality, not just on the field," he said. "I'm quite vocal, I stand up for the boys. On the field at the back it's obviously easy to see everything and communicate.
"So captain's not necessarily the best player on the team but I have those leadership qualities.
"I captained Newcastle, I captained my first club in Malaysia and I even wore the armband in Adelaide at one point, so I've been lucky enough to captain all my professional clubs.
"Malaysia has been good. Selangor, everyone knows, is such a big club. It's got such a rich history and they're ambitious to be back at the top. This year we were hoping to go that next step further and try to lift a trophy.
"It wasn't the ideal start [to the season] but we're still very confident we can finish up near the top should the competition resume."
Malaysia has been on lockdown and football stopped since mid-March because of coronavirus.
There has been speculation the season there could restart in late July or early August, but Regan believes t's unlikely the Malaysian Super League and the country's two cup competitions will all finish.
"There's no chance all three competitions can be completed, I believe," the 31-year-old said.
"One of the cups will go. We're still hopeful we can get back on the pitch some time in 2020, but realistically, health is more important. Since March, 18 there have been pretty heavy restrictions about social distancing.
"There couldn't be any more than one person in a car at any time. You could only go to essential places like the hospital, a pharmacy or grocery store. I've left my apartment building twice since it all started.
"The first time was because my son fell onto the table and required seven stitches in his head. The second time was to get the stitches out."
Regan has been using the car park in his building's basement as a running track to try to stay fit.
"I've been running in the basement car park, four times a week," he said.
"It's 70 metres from one end to the other. I do 80 laps of it, which equals 5.6 kilometres. I do that four to five times a week, and I've got a gym equipment here that I use inside to maintain the strength."
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