The view from Asia

Veteran Neill still learning in the UAE

December 5, 2012
By John Duerden
(Archive)
It's amazing what you can find on the internet. Lucas Neill was searching for news of the fortunes of fellow overseas Aussies a couple of Sunday afternoons ago when he saw a headline that he was on the five-man shortlist for the 2012 Asian Player of the Year. What did he do? "I clicked the link", he says. "I was shocked but a little bit proud to be nominated."

He was also a little shocked four days later when the Asian Football Confederation rather pointlessly reduced that five to the ...

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