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There are just few days before the start of AFC Asian Cup Football 2007. Australia is taking part for the first time and Australian team is considered to be the hot favorite because of its high ranking in World Football. Graham Arnold announced his squad recently.

The players are:

Mark Schwarzer (Middlesbrough), Brad Jones (Middlesbrough), Michael Petkovic (Sivasspor); Lucas Neill (West Ham), Brett Emerton (Blackburn Rovers), Michael Beauchamp (Nurnberg), Michael Thwaite (Wisla Krakow), Mark Milligan (Sydney), Patrick Kisnorbo (Leicester City); Mark Bresciano (Palermo), Harry Kewell (Liverpool), Tim Cahill (Everton), Vince Grella (Parma), Mile Sterjovski (FC Basel), Luke Wilkshire (FC Twente), Jason Culina (PSV Eindhoven), Carl Valeri (Grosseto), Nick Carle (Newcastle Jets), David Carney (Sydney); Mark Viduka (Newcastle United), John Aloisi (Deportivo Alaves), Archie Thompson (Melbourne Victory), Brett Holman (NEC Nijmegen).

 Stand-by players:

Daniel Allsopp (Melbourne Victory), Mark Bridge (Newcastle Jets), Simon Colosimo (Perth Glory), Adrian Leijer (Melbourne Victory), Scott McDonald (Celtic), Jade North (Newcastle Jets), Danny Vukovic (Central Coast Mariners).

So, you can see that many of the payers play in different European leagues. Many of them are in English Premier League. Mark Viduka is a star player in English Premier League. Harry Kewell is a famous player too. I think that they are the highest celebrity footballers taking part in Asian Cup 2007.

What is your idea about Australian Squad?