Keanu Baccus insists Graham Arnold’s Tartan Socceroo recruitment drive is proof Scottish football is thriving.
And the St Mirren ace admits he’d love to see even more Scots join Harry Souttar, Martin Boyle, Jason Cummings and Alex Robertson by following their international dream Down Under. Arnold revealed his plans to poach more of our stars this week claiming the Aussie’s recent World Cup qualification record compared to Scotland’s should make it an easy task. Durban-born Baccus realised his World Cup dream in November and went head-to-head with Lionel Messi as Australia were eventually KO’d by champions Argentina.
The 24-year-old’s first call-up came after he swapped Sydney for Paisley last summer. And he said: “We want to have the best Australia squad we can. Whoever is available out there we want to recruit to help us be the best we can in every tournament, whether that’s from Scotland or other countries.
