AUSTRALIA boss Graham Arnold has revealed he’s plotting to land one other prospect who’s eligible to play for Scotland.
Arnold has beforehand persuaded Martin Boyle, Jason Cummings and Harry Souttar to play for Australia, regardless of Boyle being born in Scotland, Cummings having performed for Scotland and Souttar having performed for the Scottish youth groups.
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Australia – who’re getting ready for double-header friendlies in opposition to Ecuador this month – are actually attempting to steer one other Scottish-born participant to decide on the Socceroos as a substitute of Scotland.
Subsequent in line is Manchester Metropolis starlet Alexander Robertson, who was born in Dundee and had a spell on mortgage at Ross County.
He’s the son of ex-Dundee and St Johnstone participant Mark Robertson.
The 19-year-old is eligible to play for Scotland, England, Australia and Peru.
Arnold mentioned: “The final time we did a examine on gamers with twin passports, we obtained three with Souttar, Boyle and Cummings and little question there’s fairly quite a lot of gamers most likely on the market with twin passports in Europe and , one thing that the organisation is speaking about working with.
“Younger Alex Robertson can select to play for 4 international locations. I’ve obtained some folks which are working for me which are wanting abroad in and round Europe and within the UK to see if there’s any extra on the market with double passports and once more little question there will likely be and we’ll be checking on that.”
Arnold has additionally praised Ange Postecoglou and countryman Aaron Mooy for Celtic‘s newest triumph.
The Socceroos boss was hailed a hero Down Beneath after Mooy and co. helped Australia get by their group levels in an unexpectedly sturdy displaying on the World Cup.
And Arnold was delighted to see Mooy proceed his success after the Hoops beat Rangers within the League Cup Closing on Sunday, together with considered one of his predecessors, Postecoglou.
Arnold mentioned: “How nice was it to see Ange Postecoglou elevate that trophy and clearly with Aaron Mooy there as nicely, it was so good to see.”
