Post by leicesterlass on Oct 2, 2006 15:43:43 GMT -1
An unknown teenager who has suffered two broken legs in the past 13 months celebrates his 19th birthday last week with a shock call-up for the Socceroos.
Sydneysider James Wesolowski has been hailed a maestro in the making by fans of English second-tier outfit Leicester.
Coach Rob Kelly shares that view and now Graham Arnold has decided to help one of soccer's unluckiest youngsters turn his fortunes around by naming him in his 18-man squad for the Asian Cup return date with Kuwait in Kuwait City on September 6.
Wesolowski, who suffered his second leg break last February, has already featured in three games for the English Championship club this season and is being lauded as one of the most gifted players to emerge on the Socceroos radar since Harry Kewell.
Arnold, whose squad will be officially unveiled early next week, has ignored the claims of his A-League A-listers and given leave passes to his overseas elite by including just five World Cup faces in a squad built around hungry European-based fringe players with points to prove.
Wesolowski is joined by Leicester teammate Patrick Kisnorbo with the club's second-string keeper Paul Henderson on standby.
And Gareth McAuley is on standby for Northern Ireland's team to play Euro qualifyers against Denmark and Latvia.
Sydneysider James Wesolowski has been hailed a maestro in the making by fans of English second-tier outfit Leicester.
Coach Rob Kelly shares that view and now Graham Arnold has decided to help one of soccer's unluckiest youngsters turn his fortunes around by naming him in his 18-man squad for the Asian Cup return date with Kuwait in Kuwait City on September 6.
Wesolowski, who suffered his second leg break last February, has already featured in three games for the English Championship club this season and is being lauded as one of the most gifted players to emerge on the Socceroos radar since Harry Kewell.
Arnold, whose squad will be officially unveiled early next week, has ignored the claims of his A-League A-listers and given leave passes to his overseas elite by including just five World Cup faces in a squad built around hungry European-based fringe players with points to prove.
Wesolowski is joined by Leicester teammate Patrick Kisnorbo with the club's second-string keeper Paul Henderson on standby.
And Gareth McAuley is on standby for Northern Ireland's team to play Euro qualifyers against Denmark and Latvia.
