Harry is coming home!

[mickey]

Foxsports:

Melbourne Victory have confirmed that Socceroos superstar Harry Kewell has signed to join the Hyundai A-League club ahead of the 2011-2012 season. Kewell has joined the club on a three-year deal, and will arrive in early September to begin preparing for the upcoming season.
"We believe this is the biggest player signing in the history of Australian sport," Victory chairman Anthony Di Pietro said on Saturday afternoon. "(We) expect it to gain unprecedented interest in the game and our club. We expect everyone to jump on board."
Victory coach Mehmet Durakovich was ecstatic with the news, and declared he had full faith that Kewell will be fit for the season kick-off. "We had a training session this morning, got all the players together and told them the good news," he said. "Everyone is over the moon, especially the young boys." Durakovich, who sees Kewell playing behind the strikers, said he is very confident that Kewell will be ready for the start of the campaign.
"Harry is a true professional. If it’s one thing Harry looks after its his body. I’ve got no doubt come October 8 he will be there," he said. "It is an honour to have him on board."

Di Pietro said that the deal is an "unconditional agreement", and although the club has had to be patient throughout the drawn out contract talks, he declared Kewell wants to invest in the future of Australian football. "The terms of the deal are confidential ... part of the reason it’s taken time is because its complex," Di Pietro said. "It’s about an investment in football, which we’ve made together with Harry Kewell. "Harry Kewell has been keen to come back on the basis that he is reinvesting and giving something back to football in this country."

[Dogwatcher]

It's great news. It gives me back a little faith in Harry, whose star was waning in my eyes a little.
He's come back to do wonderful things for the Australian game.

[Jim05]

He will break down after 5 games.
Couldnt have gone to a bigger bunch of wankers

[fish]

Saw on the news that Melbourne are claiming this is the biggest signing ever in Australian sport...

[Dogwatcher]

What are the other contenders?

Barrasi to Carlton?

[fish]

What are the other contenders?

Barrasi to Carlton?

Gowans twins St. Kilda to Centrals.

[GWW]

What are the other contenders?

Barrasi to Carlton?

Sobers to SA perhaps.

[mickey]

Gowans twins St. Kilda to Centrals.

[Pag]

Might just eclipse Chris Groom to Fremantle and Richard Tambling to Adelaide.

[Dirko]

Good on him, but I can't see him last a season let alone 3 years.

He missed 14 games in the last season with Galatasaray, and 18 in the season prior!

Considering it's a 34 game league season in Turkey, he missed close to a full season of Soccer over 2 years.

If he wanted to give back to the game he'd come back and ask for decent coin for sure, but some of his conditions etc are just plain greedy and "look at me".

Hopefully Cassio gives him a hard time when we play the ****....

[pels]

How greedy is the bloke & his manager

[Jim05]

The funny thing is he thinks he is going to warm a reception by fans. Newsflash Harry once you pull on the scum strip I can guarantee that myself and many others will boo you every time you touch the ball.

[Dogwatcher]

Ahhhh, home sweet home.

[smithy]

It's great news. It gives me back a little faith in Harry, whose star was waning in my eyes a little.
He's come back to do wonderful things for the Australian game.

Was your comment genuine ?

If so, it's more than likely he's come back because no other team would sign him.

(Please quote me when Lucas Neill comes to the A League with "genuine" reasons in 2 years time for the same reason)

He has a VERY greedy manager so Victory would be paying a fair bit for his services.

I also doubt he'll play 75% of the games as he's been a "sicknote" since leaving Leeds.

Good addition to the comp but I doubt Harry is giving anything back to Australian sport.


ps - If Don Bradman's move to South Australia isn't the biggest move in Australian Sport I'd like to know.