Melbourne Victory’s Muscat set to retire after ACL
Melbourne Victory captain Kevin Muscat will almost certainly retire following this season’s Asian Champions League campaign.
The 37-year old defender is currently serving an eight-match A-League ban for a tackle on Melbourne Heart youngster Adrian Zahra about a month ago which raised question marks about his future in the game.
Reports suggest that Muscat will make an announcement tomorrow, informing the public of his plans to close the curtain on his extensive playing career once the Victory’s obligations in Asia’s premier club competition are finished.
The Victory kickstart their ACL campaign on March 1 when Japanese club Gamba Osaka comes to town before taking on Korean outfit Jeju United and Chinese club Tianjin Teda in the ensuing weeks.
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Comments (5)
@Anonymous number 2, I agree Muscat is a dirty cheating player & I hated it wehn he played for australia because he would always make the team/country look bad with the way he played. He is overrated & will be more remembered for his cheap play than his football.
Furthermore Kevin Muscat should not be allowed anyway near a coaching or assistant coaching position. His Football Culture should be something that the FFA runs a mile from and prohibits Melbourne Victory from securing his services.
You only have to look at what his influence has had on Adrian Leijer who comes from the Kevin Muscat school of cheating and aggression.
Listen up FFA, a lot of players will get badly hurt and possibly crippled, the responsibility and accountability should then rest soley on your shoulders for allowing this person back into our game.
FFA remember you are bound by a "DUTY OF CARE" so put it into practice and take the only action that is required. Ban Kevin Muscat from our game which exudes pride in our culture of "Fair Play"
Here Here Anonymous, it is a sad day for Australian Football when a player like Kevin Muscat full of aggression and disregard for opponents welfare with career ending tackles and tactics, gets to officially retire when he should have been terminated and publicly disgraced long ago.
The FFA needs get control of this type of situation otherwise we will end up with a football code that no parent will want their children to participate in.
Come on FFA show some backbone.
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