Thailand head coach Kiatisuk Senamuang has dropped four players from his AFF Suzuki Cup winning squad for the upcoming King's Cup tournament in February.
The King's Cup tournament that is held to celebrate King Bhumibol Adulyadej's birthday will be played in the Nakhon Ratchasima province of Thailand from Feb. 1-7 with Niko Kovac's Croatia, North Korea and South Korea's Olympic squad as the three invited teams.
While star players Charyl Chappuis and Chanathip Songkrasin kept their places in the team, Kirati Kaewsombut, Chayaphan Kitpongsritada, Sompong Soleb and Chainarong Tathong were omitted from the squad of 20.
Kiatisuk has also stuck to his mantra of calling up players who can play the style of football he fashions and explained that British-born midfielder Mika Chunuonsee and Prathum Chuthong were not called up because "their playing style does not suit my system."
Two newcomers in the squad are Chonburi FC's Nurul Sriyamkem and Muangthong United midfielder Thitiphan Puanjan.
This will be Thailand's first competitive tournament since their 2014 Suzuki Cup triumph which put them as joint record holders of the competition with four titles along with Singapore.