Muscat Quits International Football

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Muscat Quits International Football

Kevin Muscat quit the Socceroos after he was left out of the Australia team for the World Cup qualifier against Qatar by coach Pim Verbeek.

The Melbourne Victory midfielder expressed his disappointment after his omission from the squad to face Qatar in Wednesday’s qualifier. Muscat, 34, was looking forward to add to his 51 caps. But the ex-Rangers and Wolves player failed to feature for the Socceroos.

He said: "I'm disappointed, gutted. I thought I had a realistic chance of playing one last game in Melbourne. But I'm not going to moan about it.

"I'm calling it a day. I'm not going to put myself through it all again. I got called up [to the training squad] and I had a crack at it for one game and I didn't make it. I really wanted to play one more game with John Aloisi and Craig Moore, but it's not going to happen. That's life."

But after serving the Socceroos since 1994, Muscat has no regrets calling time on his international career.

He said: "But Pim showed me the respect of sitting down and talking to me face-to-face and I appreciate that. I've got no complaints."

[Fork Sake]

He spat the chewy, picked up his ball & has gone home!

[davidvilla]

good hope he rots in hell

[aPod]

good hope he rots in hell

whoa! bit much

[limozeen]

Lets hope he quits football all together now. tosser.

[E. Grant & Co]

Kev, thanks for everything you have put in to the Socceroos, hate it when you play well against us but respect you for what you've done for the game here in the A League.

[Made in Australia]

He spat the chewy, picked up his ball & has gone home!

[limozeen]

Kev, thanks for everything you have put in to the Socceroos, hate it when you play well against us but respect you for what you've done for the game here in the A League.

You really do love everyone dont you...

I applaud your unwavering support for all things football but geez, the guy is a hack who more often than not brings Australian football into disrepute. I for one will not be thanking him for that.

[Grammar Nazi]

Kevin Muscat has to go down as one of the all time greats although he wasnt that flash a player he still was good on the ball although he didnt have that great a touch. He didnt really score many penalties but he scored them when they mattered. Shocking player really.

[swannsong]

I always confuse Muscat with a Cunt !

[pires7]

a much bigger occasion would be if SKL retires from posting! it appears to be some tool from Adelaide having a cry about this season, but will jump on the Adelaide bandwagon if we start performing well again. Pathetic!

[Art Vanderlay]

[quote="pires7"]a much bigger occasion would be if SKL retires from posting! it appears to be some tool from Adelaide having a cry about this season, but will jump on the Adelaide bandwagon if we start performing well again. Pathetic![/quote] No ur pathetic. he is a hack. Nothing more. I didnt even know he played international games. Oh and by the way, all u Muscat fans, before u say anything good about the man, just think about that career ending tackle he laid on that poor bloke in England a few years back

[Sav]

good luck to him hope he dies a slow and painful death

[ozzie owl]

No real loss, unless we want some one to kick the shit out of the best Chinese player.

[totsreds08]

No real loss, unless we want some one to kick the cabernet out of the best Chinese player.

[BillShankly]

good riddance