FOR most of us, a run around the local park is little more than an attempt to keep in shape. Maybe we would do it to train for a 10k, perhaps even a marathon. Between negotiating your way past other joggers and dodging errant dogs, it is about as far removed from the life of a top professional athlete as can be imagined. Well, most of them.
As Australia geared up for a for play-offs against the UAE and Peru with a place at this winter’s World Cup in Qatar at stake earlier this summer, Aaron Mooy found himself in something of a conundrum. The central midfielder, who earlier this week signed a two-year deal with Celtic, needed to train to give himself a chance of being included in Graham Arnold’s squad but was unattached to a club after his time at Chinese Super League outfit Shanghai Port was cut short.
