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Tony Popovic makes no promises to convince young players to commit
Tony Popovic said he did all he could to convince Adrian Segečić to play for the Socceroos and repeated the maxim that he won’t be “selling the shirt”, after naming a 26-player squad for upcoming friendlies, including one player who has never been to Australia.
Hibernian striker Ante Šuto, who was born and raised in Croatia, joins two other uncapped players for this month’s matches against Cameroon and Curaçao – young defender Lucas Herrington, who plays with Colorado Rapids, and forward Deni Jurić, who departed Socceroos camp last November due to injury.
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Socceroos coach Tony Popovic has launched a passionate defence of his management of Adrian Segecic, vowing he will never make promises to young players about game time or bow to pressure to stop them defecting to another country.
Popovic unveiled a 26-player squad on Thursday for Australia’s upcoming friendlies against Cameroon and Curacao – their last fixtures on home soil before the World Cup in June – but the biggest talking point was a player who wasn’t in it, and now probably never will be.
Segecic, a former Sydney FC academy product who plays for Portsmouth in the English Championship, had his request to switch his international allegiance from Australia to Croatia approved over the weekend by FIFA.
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Lucas Herrington (Colorado Rapids) and Ante Suto (Hibernian) have received maiden call-ups. Deni Juric (Wisla Plock) – who departed Socceroos camp last November due to injury – is the third uncapped player named in the 26-player squad.
Aziz Behich (Melbourne City) returns for the first time since last June, when he scored in the World Cup qualifying win over Japan. Fellow A-League player Nishan Velupillay (Melbourne Victory) returns for the first time since last March, when he scored in the wins over Indonesia and China.
Awer Mabil (CD Castellon) has been named for the first time since September 2024. Jordan Bos (Feyenoord), Alessandro Circati (Parma), Ajdin Hrustic (Heracles Almelo), Jacob Italiano (Grazer AK), Fran Karacic (NK Osijek), Alexander Robertson (Cardiff) and Patrick Yazbek (Nashville) have also been recalled.
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