Sort of cool to think that when the AWs run out against the Socceroos, about 5 of the starting lineup will be signed with clubs in the top two English tiers.
Here, starting with the likeliest as things stand, are five players who could end New Zealand’s wait for a seventh Premier League player.
Stamenic, Bindon, Paulsen, Cacace & Surman
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360788879/its-been-15-years-kiwi-debuted-english-premier-league-heres-who-might-be-next
August 14, 2010 was a special day in Winston Reid’s football career.
Here, starting with the likeliest as things stand, are five players who could end New Zealand’s wait for a seventh Premier League player.
Stamenic, Bindon, Paulsen, Cacace & Surman
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360788879/its-been-15-years-kiwi-debuted-english-premier-league-heres-who-might-be-next
August 14, 2010 was a special day in Winston Reid’s football career.
Fresh from starring for the All Whites at the FiFA World Cup in South Africa, the centre back secured a big move from FC Midtjylland in Denmark to West Ham United in England.
On the opening day of the 2010-11 season, he then made his Premier League debut away to Aston Villa, becoming the sixth Kiwi to do so.
But 15 years on, he remains the most recent New Zealander to take their first steps in the world’s leading men’s club football competition.
Stamenić has been linked with a loan move to Championshp club Swansea City, which may explain why he has gained American hip-hop maestro Snoop Dogg – a minority owner of the Welsh club – as an Instagram follower recently. An earlier report that he was headed back to Greek giants Olympiakos – where he was last season – appears to have been off the mark.