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RYAN BENCHED FOR OSASUNA GAME
Australia goalkeeper Mat Ryan was left on the substitutes’ bench for the whole game as Real Sociedad returned to winning ways by beating Osasuna 1-0 at home in the Spanish La Liga. The Australia national team star is the second choice goalkeeper at Real Sociedad behind first choice Alex Remiro and he has spent the majority of the Spanish La Liga season on the bench as a result with Remiro a regular feature in the Real Sociedad goal. Australia shot stopper Ryan has played nine times for Real Sociedad in all competitions this season.
AUSTRALIA FACING BIG HURDLE FOR QATAR
Australia have a lot of work to do if they want to be one of the 32 teams at the World Cup 2022 edition in Qatar. The Australians began the third round of the qualifiers in the Asian region impressively with three straight wins in Group B, but results have been average at best since those three games thereby putting their place at the Qatar 2022 tournament in serious doubt.
RYAN BENCHED FOR VIGO WIN
Australia national team shot stopper Mat Ryan was left on the substitutes’ bench for the entire game as his Real Sociedad see off Celta Vigo at home to get back to winning ways in the Spanish La Liga and boost their hopes of qualifying for Champions League football at the end of this season.
VOLPATO TALKED UP FOR AUSTRALIA
Australia senior national team manager Graham Arnold needs to act fast by extending an invitation to Cristian Volpato after the young Australian midfielder made his debut for AS Roma at the weekend.
Volpato, 18, came on as a substitute for Frenchman Jordan Veretoutin added time of the Italian Serie A home clash with Inter Milan on Saturday. Inter Milan were able to seal a convincing 3-0 away win over Roma thanks to the first half goals from HakanCalhanoglu, EdinDzeko and Denzel Dumfries.
ROGIC DOUBTFUL FOR WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS
Australia senior national team could be without Celtic midfielder Tom Rogic for their upcoming Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers this month after he picked up a hamstring injury.
Rogic sustained the hamstring problem during the win over Hibernian last week. To this effect, Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou has ruled him out for two to three weeks thus making him a doubt for the two qualifiers this month.
AUSTRALIA MAINTAIN GROUP B TOP SPOT
The Asian qualifiers for the World Cup 2022 tournament in Qatar is in the third round with ten teams battling for four automatic spots, while a fifth spot is only available for the inter-confederation playoffs.
BAYERN SIGN AUSTRALIA STAR SABITZER FROM RIVALS LEIPZIG
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German Bundesliga giants and the league's current champions Bayern Munich have confirmed that they have signed Australia international star Marcel Sabitzer from League rivals RB Leipzig on transfer deadline day.
UNITED YOUNGSTER LINKED WITH AUSTRALIAN MOVE
Manchester United youngster Axel Tuanzebe has been linked with a loan move away from Old Trafford in recent times and he is expected to leave this summer in search of regular first-team football. Tuanzebe has spent a lot of years at United and has continued to struggle to break into the starting eleven at the club no matter how hard he has tried.
WOLVES LOOKING TO SIGN FORMER CHELSEA STRIKER COSTA
Former Chelsea striker Diego Costa could be set to make a return to the English Premier League, with reports claiming that Wolverhampton Wanderers are interested in signing the forward. The former Spain international striker is now a free agent after leaving Spanish La Liga title winners Atletico Madrid following the expiration of his contract this summer. Before his contract expired, he fell down the pecking order at the club as manager Diego Someone no longer saw him as an integral member of the team.
AUSTRALIAN CLUBS STILL SHOWING INTEREST IN UNITED MIDFIELDER
There were reports in the last month that Manchester United midfielder Juan Mata will be leaving the club at the end of the season and the firmer Spain international star was starting to be linked to a couple of clubs both within Europe and beyond.
Clubs from England, the United States, and Australia began making initial moves about signing the midfield star as well. However, toward the end of May, it was reported that Manchester United were going to be keeping Mata as they look to have a few experienced players in the team.