Harry Souttar excited about playing at Wembley ahead of England test

Subway Socceroos defender Harry Souttar spoke to Socceroos.com.au as the team prepares to take on England and New Zealand in a pair of international friendlies.

The 24-year-old was excited about the prospect of playing the Three Lions on the hallowed turf of Wembley Stadium, facing a quality side and discussed his return to the pitch with Leicester City.

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Arrival into camp

Just really excited and it's great to see all the guys again. There's always that special feeling coming into camp and that energy that we all bring. So yeah just really happy to be here.

Playing at Wembley

It's an iconic venue, only really been there before on a tour with my granny, I think when I was really younger. But obviously, you're watching all the FA Cup Finals, the playoff games, live on TV, but it's gonna be a special night for all of us.

Facing a heavyweight in England and how recent experience against top nations has helped

Obviously as good as England are and obviously the iconic venue it is but ultimately, it's a game of football. Like you said, with the experiences we've had with the World Cup, you know, playing massive teams all over the world really and some of the venues that we've been at, it's one that we go into with excitement knowing that we can we can play on the biggest stage against the best players. And it's one that we've got, you know, full belief in ourselves, but what we can do as a group, and yeah, hopefully it will be a good night for us.

The Australia v England sporting rivalry

I certainly got a lot back at club land. Obviously, with the Women's World Cup with the semi final. It was obviously massive back home, it was massive here as well. Obviously with certain other sports, but probably one of us that will well be talking about that in the next few days in camp when we're together.

Coming up against former teammate James Maddison

He's an excellent player. Obviously he got the move for a reason obviously playing with Ange (Postecoglou) now at Spurs and obviously they're top of the league I think, though so they're absolutely flying and he's doing fantastically well. And, again, it's a team full of great players. They've done really well. For us it's obviously great to get to be playing a team of that calibre. But you know we believe fully in what we can do as a team and as individuals as well.

First league start for the season 

I was absolutely buzzing to be back in, obviously I played a cup game a couple of weeks ago (against Liverpool), but that was my first league start of the season. Just absolutely over the moon to be honest with you. I didn't really know too much about it, and then got told the team and I was in and I was just so delighted to be out there with the boys again. Obviously, we've made a really good start to the season and, and another win on the weekend there, which was puts us in a really good position going into into this break. And yeah, hopefully we can continue that for the season.

Upcoming matches

England v Australia - International Friendly
Friday, 13 October
Wembley Stadium, London UK
Kick-off: 7.45pm local / 5.45am AEDT (Saturday, 14 October)

Australia v New Zealand - International Friendly
Tuesday, 17 October     
Gtech Community Stadium, Brentford, London UK     
Kick-off: 7.45pm local / 5.45am AEDT (Wednesday, 18 October)  
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The upcoming Subway Socceroos matches will be broadcast live and exclusive on 10, 10 Play and Paramount+.
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