The defender admits his current situation at the Foxes must change if he’s to keep his place with the Socceroos
Harry Souttar admits his Leicester City exile ‘can’t continue’ if he is to keep his place in the Australian national team.
The former Dundee United defender, 25, joined the Foxes last January after Brendan Rodgers sanctioned a £15million move from Stoke City. But Souttar has fallen out of favour at the King Power this season, making just three Championship appearances under Enzo Maresca. The giant centre-back was linked with a loan switch to Rangers in the summer, which would reunite him with brother John at Ibrox.
It’s unclear, though, whether Souttar features in a list of potential options for new boss Philippe Clement. Souttar is currently away on international duty with the Socceroos and is fully focused on Asian Cup glory in Qatar. However, the stopper confessed he’s unhappy with his current situation at club level.
“My full concentration is on Australia and I think it would be disrespectful to the country, my team-mates, the staff here if my head was anywhere else and thinking about these other things when we’ve got a massive tournament here.
“All I will say is that obviously it’s not been great that I’ve not got match minutes at my club and obviously I know that that can’t continue if I want to be a part of the national team.”
Souttar added: “Obviously, any player just wants to play football so I’m looking at it as a positive that I’m here and I’m getting minutes and playing football, doing what I love again.
