Local retired football player Fandi Ahmad and his youngest son Iryan, who turns 20 this year, appeared as guests on an episode of YouTube talk show DNA uploaded on May 7, sharing in detail to actress-host Rebecca Lim about their familial bond.

Fandi, 63, and his South African wife Wendy Jacobs also have sons Irfan, 28, Ikhsan, 27 and Ilhan, 23. Their only daughter Iman, who turns 26 on May 18, is an actress and singer.

Sharing recent life updates, Fandi stated that in the time he has been free since last year's Malaysia Cup finals, he turned down several coaching offers he received in favour of taking care of his family and helping out at his friends' academies. He expects to stay "free from football" until after the Fifa World Cup from June to July.

Iryan, on the other hand, is left with two months in his national service while he continues to focus on his professional football career.

With Iryan and his brothers following in their father's footsteps to play football, Rebecca asked, has it always been his dream?

Surprisingly, Fandi replied: "Not really. When they were young, they never talked about football. When I opened my academy, they would train but they never said they were really interested or wanted to be professional players. Iryan was a rugby player, actually."