Kewell issues threat to quit Socceroos

LIVERPOOL striker Harry Kewell is threatening to quit international football in a row surrounding his agent Bernie Mandic.

FIFA have asked to see the paperwork following Kewell’s £5million transfer from Leeds with controversy over Mandic’s part in the deal. Kewell, currently recovering from an ankle injury, reckons the complaints are the result of jealousy and pettiness.

“If Soccer Australia is going to let agents they control to get away with using me to big-note themselves, then they can forget it, there is no point playing for them,” Kewell said.

“I’m not there for people to play their silly little games. If Soccer Australia can’t protect their own players from this sort of garbage, then why should I bother? It’s always the same old stuff in Australian soccer. A bunch of nobodies trying to be somebodies at someone else’s expense. Well, it ain’t going to be at mine.”