This month’s Socceroos camp in Sydney and Melbourne will present teenage sensation Garang Kuol with some much-needed love after his “tough start” at Scottish membership Hearts.
Australia will play matches towards Ecuador at CommBank Stadium on March 24 and Marvel Stadium Stadium on March 28.
The “Welcome Home” sequence would be the Socceroos’ first matches since final yr’s World Cup in Qatar, the place below coach Graham Arnold, Australia reached the spherical of 16 earlier than being knocked out by eventual champions Argentina.
Arnold intends to reward virtually all the Socceroos’ World Cup squad with choice for the 2 matches, giving them the possibility to be correctly acknowledged by Australian followers for his or her efficiency in Qatar.
The sequence is ready to be simply the tonic 18-year-old Kuol wants following his departure from the Central Coast Mariners in January.
Bought by English Premier League membership Newcastle and subsequently loaned to Hearts, the place he’s but to correctly settle in.
Kuol has made simply 5 appearances for his new membership, with 4 of them off the bench.
“Garang, at this moment, I think it’s good for him to come back and be in camp. and be around the boys, and we pick up his energy a little bit,” Arnold stated.
“He’s had a bit of a tough start at Hearts. The Scottish game, and the way that it’s played, is completely different to Australia, so it’s going to take a little bit of time for him to settle in with that and obviously learn that.
“I know the expectations of the kid are always very, very high, and going to Hearts I can imagine that was exactly the same, so it’s a learning process for Garang and making sure that he can deal with it and we can be here to help him deal with it.
“I could either let him go with the (Australian) under 23s, or bring him here with us, because the under 23s will have camp at the same time in Italy.
“For him to come back to us and again to be part of the Socceroos squad that did well at the World Cup, and give him one of the first chances, is important for him as well.”
While Kuol is but to make an impression at Hearts, his Socceroos teammate Harry Souttar has made a superb begin to life within the English Premier League with Leicester City since his latest transfer from second-tier Stoke.
“It nearly brings a tear to you eye when you see him walk out, third in line all the time, captain, goalkeeper, and (then) there’s Harry Souttar walking out for Leicester City on to the stadium (pitch),” Arnold stated.
“He’s such a wonderful person. Obviously he does great for us and it’s great to see him at Leicester.
“His start has been fantastic. (Leicester manager) Brendan Rodgers is very happy with Harry at this moment in time.
“He’s in a great space at the moment and I’ll be looking forward to seeing him again.”
Arnold revealed that Adelaide United goalkeeper Joe Gauci was in sturdy rivalry to be named within the Socceroos squad, which is ready to be named on March 14.
Originally printed as Socceroos coach Graham Arnold hopes to ‘energise’ Garang Kuol in sequence towards Ecuador
Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au
