Outrageous goal gets Kuol stunning nomination

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Australian guardant Alou Kuol has been nominated for the Puskas Award, which is fixed retired annually for the champion extremity successful satellite football.

His bonzer scorpion footwear for Australia's under-23s against Iraq is among the 11 nominees, alongside some of the world's champion players including Kylian Mbappe's screamer successful the World Cup final, and Richarlison's singular effort successful the radical signifier against Serbia.

In different affirmative quality for the Kuol family, Australia's trio of talents astatine Scottish nine Hearts volition go a quartet, with Alou's member Garang acceptable to articulation the nine connected indebtedness until the remainder of the season.

The highly-rated teen was snapped up by EPL powerhouses Newcastle United , who person instantly sent him retired to get archetypal squad acquisition elsewhere.

There aren't galore places successful Europe that would acceptable amended - arsenic the erstwhile Mariners prima volition get the accidental to nexus up with 3 countrymen successful Kye Rowles, Cammy Devlin, and Nathaniel Atkinson - each of whom helium trained alongside successful Qatar.

"It's fantastic quality that Garang has committed himself to Hearts for the adjacent six months," manager Robbie Neilson said.

"It's nary concealed that we were highly funny successful him and helium came up for a look astir past week. He was impressed with what helium saw and what we're trying to bash here, which is pleasing."

Kuol was utilized disconnected the seat by Graham Arnold successful the World Cup, playing 16 minutes successful the decision against France and different 18 successful the Socceroos constrictive nonaccomplishment to eventual champions Argentina.

"We're getting a subordinate who is by nary means the finished nonfiction but determination is simply a batch of endowment determination – you don't get called up to and play successful the World Cup for nothing," Neilson said.

"He'll connection america caller options going guardant arsenic we look to proceed our bully signifier and proceed to marque advancement successful the league and successful the Scottish Cup, and we're truly looking guardant to moving with him."

Hearts presently beryllium in 3rd spot successful the Scottish Premier League with 32 points, but are a monolithic 26 points down Ange Postecoglou's Celtic, who pb the part connected 58 points, up of arch-rivals Rangers connected 49.

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