Legend's blunt warning for $35m Socceroos hero

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Football fable Dwight Yorke has enactment the brakes connected the Harry Souttar hype train.

The sound astir Australia's towering defender reached deafening levels during the FIFA World Cup, wherever Souttar was 1 of the Socceroos' champion successful their tally to the circular of 16.

His screen tackle to contradict Tunisia a apt extremity successful their 2nd crippled instantly entered the nation's shot folklore, but successful wide helium was mighty awesome crossed the 4 games successful the greenish and gold.

His performances drew precocious praise and led to galore pundits calling for Premier League clubs to propulsion the chequebook astatine the 24-year-old.

He presently plays for Stoke City successful the EFL Championship, but has been wide tipped to get snapped up by a bigger nine during the January transportation window.

Last twelvemonth Stoke enactment a $35 cardinal transportation interest connected the Aussie giant, past helium regrettably busted a ligament successful his genu and missed 12 months of football.

His instrumentality from wounded couldn't person gone overmuch better, with his crippled against Tunisia lauded arsenic 1 of the champion for a Socceroo ever.

"It's close up determination with the precise champion (Socceroos performances) for a defender, a midfielder, oregon a forward," teammate Jackson Irvine said.

"It's 1 of the champion idiosyncratic displays (I've) ever seen, but helium doesn't request to beryllium told that.

"And he's 1 of the archetypal ones backmost successful the dressing country to accidental 'we spell again'. That's the benignant of idiosyncratic and subordinate helium wants to ever propulsion america and propulsion everybody further."

Yorke, filming exclusively for Wide World of Sports, was asked whether Souttar should beryllium considered for the World Cup squad of the tournament.

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The Aston Villa and Manchester United legend, though, wants to temper the excitement.

"Not definite astir the squad of the tournament, but from a idiosyncratic constituent of presumption I deliberation he's done remarkably well," Yorke said.

"As a subordinate that's what you want, to spell successful determination and enactment yourself connected the representation successful galore respects, I deliberation Harry has done that.

"It's astir whether helium goes backmost to Stoke present and continues successful that aforesaid vein, due to the fact that present his sanction is retired there, I'm definite erstwhile you bash play successful the Championship there's a batch of radical watching you.

"He's surely made an content astatine the World Cup truthful let's spot wherever it takes him from there."

While Yorke whitethorn deliberation immoderate of the hype is going a small excessively far, helium was impressed with Souttar's World Cup and says the Scottish-born prima could not person done overmuch much to impressment imaginable suitors.

"Based connected the performance, often capable erstwhile you spell into specified large tournaments you're putting yourself successful the store window. He's retired there, of people he's had a decent level astatine Stoke successful the Championship, truthful that's a truly bully level to showcase your talent," helium said.

"But it doesn't travel bigger than the World Cup, and helium had a terrific World Cup, and I tin recognize wherefore there's a batch of speech astir him present perchance getting a commencement successful the Premier League.

"He hasn't done himself immoderate harm with his performances, truthful (he is) 1 we'll person to ticker with the adjacent eye. After what he's done you wouldn't beryllium amazed if idiosyncratic made a determination for him."

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