Socceroo unfazed by transfer talk as big deal awaits

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DOHA: Harry Souttar could beryllium forgiven for reasoning astir the roadworthy ahead, and a imaginable determination to the Premier League - specified has been his rising prima since a antiaircraft masterclass against Tunisia.

But helium knows however rapidly it tin each turn, and however fickle fans tin be.

"Obviously the messages I've got from household and friends, it's bully to perceive from them. I don't deliberation you tin wage excessively overmuch attraction to it," helium told reporters.

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"I said earlier – we're 1 crippled distant from criticism. You've got to instrumentality it with a pinch of salt. The absorption has got to beryllium connected Denmark.

"The brag said it perfectly aft the crippled – we enjoy, we observe with the fans, with friends and household successful the stands. But the effect volition mean thing if we don't get a effect against Denmark."

How astir calls from his agent? After all, determination were beardown links with Everton earlier helium tore his ACL and was connected the support for a year.

"My absorption has got to beryllium the present and now," helium said.

"If you inquire each player, they privation to play astatine the highest level they tin but my absorption is purely connected Denmark and I deliberation I'll fto different radical grip that for maine I don't request to bash that.

"I conscionable request to ore connected my performances connected the pitch."

Coach Graham Arnold has worked hard to support expectations and emotions nether control, and said that though the good wishes of fans backmost location were great, helium had to beryllium cautious to guarantee his players weren't spending excessively overmuch clip connected societal media speechmaking their ain hype.

"They get connected that until 4 oregon 5 successful the morning, ticker each the large comments and bask each that shite, if I tin accidental that," helium said.

"I don't care, due to the fact that it affects players, it affects their slumber patterns truthful if you're up to 5 successful the greeting looking astatine that, and looking astatine the bully comments and radical backing you, the aforesaid radical are doing it backmost the time aft and it's sidesplitting us, conscionable get escaped of it and don't look astatine it."

Despite what you mightiness think, Arnold is adamant helium doesn't work immoderate comments successful the media, societal oregon otherwise.

"It's thing that I person ne'er looked astatine - I don't bash it, I cognize I support saying to youse and you mightiness not judge me, that I don't work anything, but I cognize the effect it tin person connected radical and it does person a immense effect connected celebrities, sports stars, oregon whatever, wherever mentally, it's the biggest happening is mental, and if it affects your brain, it doesn't substance however acceptable you are, technically however bully you are oregon however bully your tactics are, they don't instrumentality it successful due to the fact that they are mentally not acceptable truthful that is the astir important thing," Arnold said.

"I americium truly gladsome I played successful the days erstwhile determination was nary mobiles telephones and nary journos giving you ratings retired of 10 and things similar that, it was a agelong clip agone but it's a large happening and I deliberation players these days are truthful mentally beardown due to the fact that of that but astatine the extremity of the time I person to get my woman disconnected societal media, I person to get my kids disconnected societal media, due to the fact that it astir kills them successful this clip and environment, but that's the mode it is now."

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