'Phenomenal talent' primed for Socceroos heroics

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Socceroos fable Luke Wilkshire has had a first-hand look astatine the exploits of Garang Kuol successful caller months, and said there's nary uncertainty the teenage superstar volition play a portion for Australia astatine the World Cup.

With a determination to the English Premier League waiting successful January, and fresh disconnected the champion extremity of his blossoming career, the 18-year-old has rapidly go 1 of the astir fashionable players successful Graham Arnold's ranks for Qatar.

Another who had a large presumption of Kuol's extremity successful the Mariners' last crippled earlier the tourney was Dwight Yorke, who was successful the absorption dugout - and he besides singled the Newcastle United-bound guardant retired for praise among the Australian squad.

Wilkshire precocious joined the Mariners arsenic a younker coach, and the nine that has produced truthful galore Socceroos has cautiously managed Kuol's vocation truthful far, opting to bring him disconnected the seat successful each of his 12 league appearances truthful far.

"He's not acceptable to start, I hold with the mode Monty's been utilizing him and that's wherever he's most-effective," Wilkshire said.

Kuol has played little than 350 minutes for the nine but has recovered the backmost of the adjacent six times.

"He's a phenomenal talent, everyone tin spot that," Wilkshire said.

"That extremity yesterday was clarifying to everyone wherefore helium should beryllium successful that squad, and astatine the World Cup."

Wilkshire, who racked up 80 caps for the Socceroos, is definite that Kuol's cameos volition proceed successful Qatar.

"I've got nary uncertainty that Arnie, astatine immoderate stage, is going to usage him - due to the fact that we don't person different subordinate similar that," helium said.

"What helium tin do, however helium tin spell past players, his composure, his pace, his prime of finishing, it's there."

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Kuol volition caput to Europe to proceed his vocation successful January, having signed with EPL high-flyers Newcastle United.

Wilkshire said the sky's the limit.

"If helium keeps the mode helium is, and he's got a precise level head, he's a precise bully kid, he's got a precise agleam future, that's for sure."

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