Everton star Mikel Arteta is looking forward to linking up with Tim Cahill on the pre-season tour of Australia. Here is an interview with the 28 year old.

“Tim is one of my closest friends and he always talks so passionately about Australia,” Arteta said.

“To be able to share the experience with him of being in Australia, and playing for Everton in Australia, is something that I will really enjoy,”

“It always adds to pre-season when we have a destination that is exciting and somewhere the players look forward to visiting,”

“We have had some great pre-seasons at Everton because of the destinations and the training facilities.”

“The USA has been popular with the manager in the last four years for these reasons and Australia fits the same bill.”

“Of course, Dwight Yorke is very familiar to us as is Jesper Olsen I also remember John Aloisi from his days playing in Spain.”

“I do know that if the players in the sides we face are all as competitive as Tim, then we are in for some intense matches but that is what pre-season is all about.”

“The Australian sporting mentality is something I really admire and I’m looking forward to experiencing it first-hand.”

Arteta will play in against Melbourne and Sydney with Cahill, before both head off to his wedding in Spain where Cahill will be a groomsman.

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