Its a shame isn't? Once touted as the next big thing in Aus football and fair enough too given how he got into the World Cup squad via he's aleague form and probably was the Socceroos most dangerous attacking player we got during those games.

It just shows how quickly things can change in football, once you feel your on top of the world the next you are back down to the basement trying to get out.

Clearly the ACL injury didnt help but I do have to wonder what if he made a better move after the World Cup? Its catch 22 but he could have joined JVS at PEC Zwolle who knew him from Melbourne City or could have joined a club where they would have played younger players like him, clearly the Celtic move was a step too far? 

And FC Utrecht where it seemed it looked like a great move to play but it hasn't eventuated like how we wanted.

To be fair he's still young at 22 years old but like the previous wonder kids who have been hyped up like Patafta, De Silva, Nathan Burns etc I think you can all but end the hype train for this lad. (But I hope im wrong and he gets back to where we knew he can become but ill remain doubtful from now on in what he can achieve at a higher level).

It also just shows never rely on 1 or 2 players to take us to the promise land of football, its almost unsustainable and the risk is what we have witnessed with anyone who was destined as the next great hope that I could fall over very quickly.
Build a generation of players and not one you can rely on as this has reflected on the dysfunctional youth system which has been in place for almost 15 years.

Couldn't even get a go in Dutch 2nd division ffs.  Wtf is going on with this kid

22 is not seen as young in any other country (other than aus). Especially in Europe. So it could be teams are expecting more from him given his age, but his limited play time has stagnated this development compared to his peers. 

A loan to Girona may help, but i am assuming that City want to loan him to a club with the option to buy in order to make some money back. The Nordic leagues may be a good option for him

22 is not seen as young in any other country (other than aus). Especially in Europe. So it could be teams are expecting more from him given his age, but his limited play time has stagnated this development compared to his peers. 

A loan to Girona may help, but i am assuming that City want to loan him to a club with the option to buy in order to make some money back. The Nordic leagues may be a good option for him

Yokohama Marinos

Assuming Ange is still there, this is probably the best option. Good shout.

Any reason to think Ange would give Arzani a preference against any other CFG loanee?

Any reason to think Ange would give Arzani a preference against any other CFG loanee?

I think Ange genuinely has the best interests of Australian football at heart, but yes he'd also prioritise the job he's being paid to do.

Either way, at least he'd be better off sitting on the bench under the tutelage of Ange than sitting on the bench elsewhere.

I dont know Angie well personally, only met him a few times but others that do tell me he feels pretty jaded with how he was "hounded out of Australia". 

I think Ange genuinely has the best interests of Australian football at heart, but yes he'd also prioritise the job he's being paid to do.

Either way, at least he'd be better off sitting on the bench under the tutelage of Ange than sitting on the bench elsewhere.

I dont know Angie well personally, only met him a few times but others that do tell me he feels pretty jaded with how he was "hounded out of Australia". 

Ange is notably misanthropic with an unhealthy martyr complex.  He made a mess of the Roos post 2015 Asian Cup and then cut and ran for the money when disastrous performances were at the edge of seriously damaging his post NT career.  He wasn't hounded out.  That's simply self justification for a self interested decision that left his players feeling betrayed - which they were.  

If you could see Ange's ego, it would loom over him like a dark colossus, shadowing his every step. 

Aha do all Greeks have persecution complexes???

He QUIT and abandoned his players on the eve of a world cup for a secure career move.
Don't let him rewrite the history.

Even if he was frustrated and unhappy with the FFA and their "vision" (rightfully so, no doubt) he could have stayed loyal to his team for another month and seen the job he started through. 

Aha, so he is Greek now but in 2015 he was our dinkie die Aussie hero? ... I love this country sometimes....
Like I said I dont know the guy but I do empathise with how he was treated.  Also my point then stands, if he is "the Greek" why would he then want to help out a young up an coming *cough cough* Aussie?

And yeah I'm one and the same as CS. For some reason I can't gets CS to work on my phone, only on my computer.