Two weeks today Australia will kick-off their World Cup campaign against holders France in Al Wakrah. But for Aaron Mooy the preparation has been going on for months back in the east end of Glasgow.
The Celtic ace looks a certainty to be named in Graham Arnold’s squad for Qatar this morning. And he insists the demands placed on him at Celtic Park by the man who led the Socceroos at Brazil 2014 has him in tip-top shape should he be let loose on Antoine Griezmann, Kylian Mbappe and co in a fortnight.
Ange Postecoglou ’s ‘never stop’ motto was again to the fore as Celtic left it late to beat Dundee United on Saturday. That and the expectation of 60,000 punters every home game has taken Mooy back to the top of his game. Then there’s the small matter of already having faced some of the best players on the planet in this season’s albeit failed Champions League group stage campaign.
