Tom Smithies
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TALK about throwing down the gauntlet. The other A-League clubs now know that Melbourne City’s attack next season will include Mathew Leckie, as well as Jamie Maclaren and Andrew Nabbout.
The polish on the Premier’s Plate won this season has scarcely dried, and yet a major statement of intent for next season has come along already. Whatever happens in the finals, there appears to be no laurel-resting in mind for City coach Patrick Kisnorbo after winning silverware in his first season as a senior men’s head coach.
The timing of the deal is quite symbolic too, coming little more than 24 hours after Leckie captained the Socceroos and scored the opening goal in their 3-0 defeat of Kuwait in a World Cup qualifier. For City, and for the A-League, it is a major boon to have the national skipper signing up for next season, after a successful career in the Bundesliga.