Sri Lanka, Oct. 1 -- The new Super League will be the next level of football, and initially will be limited to ten elite clubs. The general public, however, was unaware of the process of how the top ten clubs were selected, which led to a few unhappy clubs who tried to project emotional messages through social media in the last few days.

Daily News contacted FFSL General Secretary, Jaswar Umar to clarify the selection process.

"Equal opportunities for the top 15 DCL clubs to apply for the Super League were provided through AFC club licensing criteria. There were eighteen criteria each club had to fulfill. All applications were carefully assessed by an independent panel named "First Instance Body". Based on a very transparent manner, ten...