Socceroos and Matilda's Transfers and Preseason Buzz

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Foreign hello

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and welcome to the Aussie football passport, your one stop pod for updates on your

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favorite Aussie men and women who are playing their club careers abroad.

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I'm your host Alex and we've got some big, big transfer news

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to bring you this week for both men and women. Also got plenty

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of club football to run through with preseason friendlies and seasons continuing

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across the globe for our men whilst our women take a well earned

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break after their international duties. All right,

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let's get straight into the headlines.

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Well, let's start with the big news in the transfer window.

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Window and it is our golden boy Nestery Iran

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Kundar who is moving from Bayern Munich to watford on a five year

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deal. The deal was worth 3 million euros

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there and it includes a 50% sell on clause and

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a buyback clause for Bayern Munich. So they are hedging their bets here.

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They're letting the young lad go but they're also keen to see

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how he does and if he does well, of course they will no doubt exercise

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that buyback clause and you'll get some good minutes at Watford

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in this upcoming season. Let's hope in the English championship where we

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will have a huge number of Aussies now, which is really

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cool, really cool to see. So also on social

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media, go and check it out. But there was some really cool

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scenes from the Watford social media team where they

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managed to get dispensation for Nestry to wear the

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number 66 jersey. Of course that's what he debuted in

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for Adelaide United on our very shores here in the A league a

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number of years ago. So well done to Nestry and we look forward to

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covering how he does at Watford for this upcoming season.

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All right now over to the ladies. Tegan Micah, she has just signed

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a a big deal to go to Lyon

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on a one year contract. So a little bit of an interesting one

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there. Of course her time at Liverpool came to an end unfortunately

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and she didn't really feel the love there from, from the club. She was in

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and out of the squad. But she goes to Lyon and she'll have to face

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pretty stiff competition in the form of Christiane Endler,

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the Chilean goalkeeper there who is the first choice keeper

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currently at Lyon. So Tegan will have her work cut

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out for her. She will be training at a, at of course at the high

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level that she would have been if she had stayed at Liverpool.

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However, she will have a, a real,

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real tough, you know, a really tough

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job to knock Christian off her perch as

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the first choice keeper. So we'll keep you Updated on that one and hopefully

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it all goes well for Tegan there. Now a

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transfer that's just sort of taken pace over the last couple of days,

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pardon the pun, because it's Marco Tilio going to Rapid

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Vienna. It's initially a loan deal but there is an obligation

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to buy if he makes 20 appearances for the club in this

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upcoming season. So it's an interesting one there. And again another

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league that seems to be taking quite an interest in Australian players at

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the moment. We've got a handful of Aussies in the Austrian

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Bundesliga there. Of course Noah Bottic moved recently to Austria

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Wien, so there'll be plenty of Aussie derbies in the Austrian

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League for us to cover in the upcoming season. We look forward

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to it. So Marco, all the best there. Great move potentially.

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And we go over to our ladies and Daniela Galic. She has signed

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for Vizio G I K in Sweden on a

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two year deal. She leaves behind FC Twente in the Netherlands

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after winning the domestic treble with them of course the two knockout cups

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and the league there. So she jumped

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straight into training as Vizio halfway through

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their season in Sweden because of course the Scandinavian

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leagues run calendar year as opposed to most European leagues

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that run from the middle of the year to the

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middle of the year. So that is a another

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good move for Daniela there. Let's see how she fares in

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Sweden and of course we'll have plenty of Matilda's derbies there as well.

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So one to very much look forward to.

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Now let's head over to the rumor mill

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and Lewis Miller unfortunately has picked up a knock for

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Hibbs and it looks like he's going to be out for two months.

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Hibbs were looking at selling the right back and they

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wanted a £1.5 million fee for the

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Aussie defender. So Blackburn

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and Charlton have both believed to have bids rejected from

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Hibs. So it'll be very interesting to see how this plays out because that

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injury really puts a dampener on things. And of course the transfer

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window shuts in about five to six weeks for European

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side. So we'll keep an eye on that one for you. Now on

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the other side of the pitch on the left hand side, Jordan Boss, who has

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had his fair share of injuries in the last 12 months. Well,

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it hasn't. It doesn't look like it's going to deter Feyenoord

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in the Dutch era of a dizzy from securing his

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services from the his current side Vestalo

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in Belgium. So what should make things easier is

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that Jordan Boss is actually a boyhood Feyenoord fan and there's

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plenty of photos getting around in his family

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album allegedly of him wearing a Feyenoord kit when he

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was younger. So let's see how that one plays out. I think it is a

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bit of a goer and it would be an excellent move for Jordan

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and hopefully he can stay fit because he would no doubt be

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first choice in the Socceroos squad in

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that left back role. All right, now this is an interesting

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one we we covered last week. Antonio Aranya, he is on the

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verge signing with Roma. He is expected to do

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his medical this week as Roma have agreed

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a transfer fee with his current side Pescara

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in Italy there. So of course Antonio,

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only 16 years old, still yet to decide his international future

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and probably not in a particular hurry given his age.

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But Australia and Italy fighting for his international

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allegiance there. Now to the other end

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of the age range, Massimo Luongo.

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Of course he has left Ipswich after they were

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relegated from the Premier League last season and he has

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been spotted training with Millwall. So it looks like he will

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be looking to make a move there. Of course it will be up to the

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coaches and the club to see whether he does fit their

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style and whether they still think he's got it, which I think he does.

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So all the best to Massimo. That should be an

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interesting one to keep an eye on. Now the Aussie

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Championship as it's being called.

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Another club looking to secure an Australian and

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this time it's qpr. They're looking at Nectar Triantis of

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course, who is back at his parent club Sunderland who are in the Premier

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League. It's an interesting one. Nectar was

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left out of Sunderland friendly on the weekend. Whether we

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can read two much into that or not, his coach did

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say that it was more so to do with loading. Of course

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that can be seen as a bit of an excuse, but let's keep an eye

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on that one. A lot of rumbles around Nectar. Of course he's, he's had

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a couple of wonderful loan spells at Hibs and no doubt

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he is a man in demand for a lot of clubs.

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Now to another Italian Australian who is

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yet to side to decide his international allegiances, I should say

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Christian Volpato. He's attracting the interest of a number of

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clubs, the likes of which are Ajax, Fiorentina, Genk and Club

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Bruges. Of course he is currently at Sassuolo in the

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Italian leagues and they are demanding a 15 million euro

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transfer fee for his services. Torino are believed

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to be the front runner to land him, but let's wait and see

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on that one. Another man in demand. All right,

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now let's head over to the women's game and coach Alex

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Aparcas has announced his 23 player squad

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for the upcoming AFC Under 20s Women's Asian Cup

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2026 qualifiers. And this squad

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announcement has been headlined by a couple of recent Matilda's

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call ups in the form of Electric Sia Postalakis and

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Grace Kuilamu. So the girls will play Tajikistan,

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Palestine and Chinese Taipei in August to

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gain qualification to the Asian Cup. So in

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order for the girls to do so, they'll need to finish in the top two

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spots in the group. First place will automatically go through,

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but it then will be the four best

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second place teams that will go through. So we wish

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the girls all the luck there. Of course they are

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defending bronze medalists from the last time that was played two years

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ago. All right, so that is it for the headlines this week.

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Next it is weekly wrap time.

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All right, weekly wrap. So as mentioned

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at the top of the show, there's no women's club action to bring

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you this week. Unfortunately the women's game is currently in

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the end of season breaks or mid season break depending on what

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part of the world you're in. And of course there is women's Euros action taking

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place. So still a couple more weeks off for the ladies, but we will bring

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you the updates from them once they are back

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in clubland. However, the men there's plenty to cover.

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So let's start in Japan with our man Thomas

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Deng playing a full game for Yokohama F Marinos in a 30 win

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over Nagoya Grampus and it looks like the Marinos have turned the

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corner. So well done to Thomas Deng and he's been a key

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part of course keeping a clean sheet in that one. Now let's head not too

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far away to South Korea where John Iredale got a full

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game for his side Seoul Eland. Unfortunately they went down 1 nil

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to Songnam FC in the Korean second

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division. Now let's head to the US and a where

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there was plenty of football this week. We had midweek and weekend action

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in the mls and let's start with midfield maestro Patrick

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yazbek. He got 87 minutes for Nashville in their 30

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win over Columbus Crew in midweek, bouncing back after that

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loss to Inter Miami recently. He then backs it up at the

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weekend with 17 minutes off the bench as Nashville got another

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win, this time 1 nil over Toronto FC. So Patrick

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flying there for Nashville and Nashville themselves flying,

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having A great MLS season, might I add.

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All right now Kyrols, he got a full game for D.C.

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united in midweek in their 21 loss to Charlotte FC. And then

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at the weekend, guess what happened? He played a full game again. And yep,

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you guessed it, they lost 2:1, but this time to Columbus Crew.

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So poor Kyrols looks like DC United in

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a bit of a rut and he is trying his best in defense,

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but those goals just keep on getting conceded from

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them. Now, Ari off piol, he got 18 minutes

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for Rail Salt Lake in their 1 nil win over Portland Timbers in

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their midweek game. And then at the weekend there was an Aussie derby

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as Rail Salt Lake took off took on, I should say FC

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Cincinnati, where of course we've got our superstar Brad Smith there.

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However, it was Brad Smith's side that came out on top in a 1 nil.

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Ariaf Piol got 61 minutes in that one and

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unfortunately wasn't able to inspire his side there.

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Now speaking of our man Brad Smith, he got six minutes in

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midweek in FC Cincinnati's 30 win over Inter

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Miami. Cop that Messi,

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of course in the game against Ari Off Piol,

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Smithy did not get off the bench, unfortunately for him.

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All right, now let's head to New York, the city

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that doesn't sleep. And Aidan O', Neill, well, he got an early mark

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though. 84 minutes in their 21 win over Orlando

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City in midweek. And then at the weekend he managed

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a full game in a 10 draw with Sporting Kansas City.

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So Aidan O' Neill getting plenty of minutes there at New York,

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which is great to see. Now let's head to Europe and let's

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start in Denmark where the Danish season kicked off and Randers

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started their season with a one all draw. And Motore,

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he got 65 minutes there in that one.

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It was against Velger BK. And Mo's

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brother Musa, he was in the matchday squad but didn't

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come off the bench in that one. Now let's head

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to Slovenia where we had some UEFA Conference League qualification

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action, particularly FC Copa.

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And the Urich brothers,

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they both play there, so it is Denny and Tommy.

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Denny played 57 minutes and Tommy was on

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the bench, didn't get any minutes and they however, in good

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news, they did win 3:1 against Sarajevo

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in that one. So good to see the Urich brothers and

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we'll keep an eye on them throughout this season.

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Now let's head to Scotland. Plenty going on. There's league

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cup action, there's friendlies and we'll try and bring it all to you here.

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And let's start with Hearts in League cup action.

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So it's a little bit different here in Scotland where they play in

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groups for the League cup initially and that meant Hearts

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had two games this week and they. Well,

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talk about repetition. They beat both

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Hamilton and Sterling Albion 4 nil. So pretty

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comprehensive stuff. So let's look at our Aussie lads

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in midfield for Hearts. So Cameron Devlin got 25

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minutes against Hamilton and then a full game against Sterling and

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then we sort of reverse it here for Callum Nienhof. You got the full game

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against Hamilton and then 45 minutes against Sterling there. So good to

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see the Aussie lads doing well at Hearts. Plenty of minutes there on offer for

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both of them. Let's head to the other side of Edinburgh where Martin

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Boyle got 66 minutes for Hibbs in a

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2 nil loss to Bolton in a preseason friendly

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there. Now let's head up to Dundee

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and Ryan Strain, he got,

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well, he started, I should say, in Dundee United's

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friendly against St. Johnson. It was a one all draw.

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And then at the weekend they had a nil all draw

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with all them athletic in a preseason friendly. So Ryan

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Strain looking to build up to what could be a bumper season for

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his club side as they play in Europe as well. So that will be quite

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interesting. Now Kasuna yangi, he got 57 minutes and

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scored a goal in Aberdeen's 41 loss to Fulham in a preseason

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friendly. So positive news for Cassini with the goal but not

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so positive news with that thumping loss to Fulham there.

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Now Marco Tillio, he. Well, he did

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get some minutes from Celtic before that transfer News.

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He got 24 minutes in Celtics

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2 nil win over Sporting Lisbon in

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midweek. And then at the weekend he got 27 minutes as

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Celtic went down 4 nil to Newcastle in another preseason

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friendly there. So maybe it was those performances that caught Rapid

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Vienna's eyes. I'm not sure. Potentially not.

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All right, now let's head to Motherwell. We've got a couple of

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Aussies. Apostolos stomatolopoulos, he got 60 minutes

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in Motherwell's 21 win over Stonehouse Muir.

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And guess who is replaced by his Aussie compatriot,

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Johnny Katrumbas. He. So he got 30 minutes in that one. So good to see

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the lads getting some minutes there at Motherwell. They did struggle a little bit last

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season with injuries and squad rotations, so fingers

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crossed they continue to keep their spot in the

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side there at Motherwell all right, let's head south to England and qpr

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of course looking at another Aussie, but we've

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got three there already in the form of Keely Adamson, Jalen Pearman

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and Daniel Benny. They all played the second half of QPR's 21

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win over Toulouse in a preseason friendly. So an

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English championship side knocking off a Ligue side there.

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So quite interesting. I mean you do take friendlies

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with a pinch of salt of course, because they are friendlies.

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All right. Now Cameron Burgess, he made his debut for Swansea

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as they played a friendly against Stevenage. The game split

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into two one hour matches rather interestingly there and the game

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ended two all. So not sure whether that sort of weird split

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had any effect on it at all. But nonetheless good to see Cameron

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Burgess debut for Swansea of course

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who have Snoop Talk as their new kit sponsor or PR

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man, which is very interesting and probably not for

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this podcast. But anyway let's move right along to Gethin Jones who

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played for MK Dons in a friendly against Brackley Town as

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they won 2 nil and that one was in midweek. He played half

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an hour in that one and then they had two friendly games in

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the same day against Doncaster Rovers on the weekend which he

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also appeared in as well. We don't have a result for that one unfortunately.

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I apologize. But moving right

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along as well. Portsmouth, they had two friendlies last week

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and we saw a 212 nil win

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I should say against Walking and then a 5 nil win against Farnborough

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and all of our Aussie lads they got a run

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out in both games. Adrian Sega, Hayden Matthews,

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Jacob Farrell and Thomas Waddingham. It was great to see that Waddingham

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got on the score sheet against Farnborough and Sega Ch against.

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Hopefully those lads continue to impress for

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Portsmouth as they look to get regular game time for the upcoming

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season. Now let's get head back to the continent in

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Europe and let's start in sunny Spain. Our mobile.

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He played in Castillon's 21 friendly victory over Valencia.

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So a second division Spanish side knocking off a top tier side

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there. Quite interesting and definitely

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worth checking out custody on. They play some rather enterprising

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attacking football full throttle. You can't call any of their games boring

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so highly recommend if you can get on YouTube and watch some of

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that some of Castillon's games.

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Now Belgium, Ryan Teague, he started for KV

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Metron in their friendly against KSK heist.

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There were no heists in that game. It ended even to all.

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Ha ha. Terrible pun. Sorry to all you

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listeners. Now, Germany, Connor metcalfe.

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He got 45 minutes for St. Pauli as they beat Silkborg

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in a in a friendly. It ended up 4:1 there.

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So that is it for our weekly wrap. Next up

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is Players of the Week.

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All right, Players of the week, of course, no women Player of

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the Week, unfortunately, due to the lack of women's football

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available to us this week. However, we do have our

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man of the week and it is Adrian

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Sega, Chicago. I could have picked a couple of others, but I had to go

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with my boy Adrian. He laid on an assist for

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Thomas Waddingham's goal in the game against Farnborough, but more importantly,

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he scored ants walking. And yes, I know it is preseason

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friendlies, but look at the moment, we're in a bit of a flux and as

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you've probably listened to the last couple of weeks, it's been rather

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slim pickings for our Players of the week. So Adrian,

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well done and let's hope you can carry that season, carry that form

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into the upcoming season. Of course, he was also handed the number

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10 jersey for Portsmouth, which is kind of a big deal. But anyway,

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let's hope that powers him to plenty

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of goals for Portsmouth in the championship this season. All right,

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well, that's enough of me rambling for this week and that is it for

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another week of the Aussie football passport. I do hope you

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enjoyed the episode. Make sure you like, subscribe, follow and rate the show on

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And you can also follow us on social media where I do

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try and share some of the clips of these goals and also

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probably try and find that Nestry Iran Kunda clip

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to show you that the Watford social media team put together rather lovingly.

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We are on X Facebook and Instagram there

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as well. So. All right, thank you very much

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for listening. I'll catch you in the next episode. And that is it for another

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episode.