Herald Sun – MELBOURNE, City Football Group looks set to offer Melbourne City starlet Daniel Arzani an Aaron Mooy-style deal in a bid to lock in Australia\u2019s hottest young property.<\/p>\n
Arzani, 19, is destined to become Australia\u2019s next $1 million dollar talent, producing the most electric batch of debut starting performances for a teenager in the A-League era.<\/p>\n
The attacker, this week flagged as a 2018 World Cup hopeful by Sydney FC coach and future Socceroos coach Graham Arnold, is believed to be on the radar of Iran.<\/p>\n
Australian youth international Arzani\u2019s parents are Iranian.<\/p>\n
His emergence was rewarded on Tuesday with January\u2019s NAB Young Footballer of the Month nomination.<\/p>\n
Arzani\u2019s contract expires at the end of the season and he was attracting interest from A-League clubs before his breakthrough.<\/p>\n
City tried to open negotiations in December but it\u2019s understood Arzani baulked at re-signing as he\u2019d played just 23 A-League minutes.<\/p>\n
A clause in Arzani\u2019s contract will trigger an extension if he plays out the rest of the season, but City is leaving nothing to chance.<\/p>\n
CFG want to sign Arzani on a multi-year deal and offer him similar pathways to that of Mooy, who was loaned to Huddersfield Town before they paid a $15 million-plus transfer fee after he helped them win promotion.<\/p>\n
Arzani could be signed by CFG and loaned back to Melbourne City or remain a City contracted player before a sister-club \u2014 presumably Manchester City \u2014 signs him in coming years and potentially loans him out as with Mooy.<\/p>\n
City refused to comment on Arzani\u2019s contract negotiations but did confirm the trigger clause in his existing deal.<\/p>\n
Coach Warren Joyce praised Arzani\u2019s poise last week and conceded his teammates under-utilised him.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt frustrates me that after the first 10-15 minutes when he (Arzani) has gone past the full-back three times like he\u2019s not there, that we then stopped giving him the ball,\u2019\u2019 Joyce said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got to recognise that during games. In that little bit of a spell (for a player), if you keep getting the ball, the left-back\u2019s got a problem. We stopped doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Third-place City is away to Brisbane Roar on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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