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Antonis is back in red and black NATHAN TAYLOR
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Terry Antonis will return to Western Sydney for the next A-League season.
fter several years abroad “learning about himself”, the Western Sydney Wanderers are welcoming back Terry Antonis for the 2021/22 A-League season and beyond. Antonis joins from K-League club Suwon Samsung Bluewings, who he joined from Melbourne Victory in 2019, going on to win the Korean FA Cup in his first season at the club. A familiar face to the Wanderers faithful, Antonis played in the Red and Black during the 2016/17 season including the club’s third AFC Champions League campaign and in the A-League Finals Series. The 27-year-old midfielder will join the Wanderers from Korea in the coming weeks with his wife and young daughter to link up with his teammates for pre-season training. Antonis said he was excited to be coming home to western Sydney and continuing to grow as a footballer. “I’m 27 now, this is an important moment for me, I’ve learned a lot about myself on and off the field, I want to keep learning every day, so to be able to put that into training and into games,” he said. “I’ve enjoyed my time in Korea for the past couple of years, it was good to be at a big club in Korea but I am looking forward to coming home.
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“Obviously being from the west it is very exciting to be coming home, I spoke to the coach (Carl Robinson) and I spoke to JT (CEO John Tsatsimas) and I want to win things with the Wanderers, I want to give all I can for the club and help us get to the Finals.” While it has been some time since Antonis has been in Australia due to travel restrictions, he said he looked forward to coming home to see his family again. “It’s been two years since I was last in Sydney,” Antonis said. “To see my brother (George Antonis) is now in the U20s squad at the Wanderers Academy is brilliant, it would be awesome to one day play on the same pitch together. If he can make the same steps I did, I hope it can happen one day and I can’t wait to see him and my family again coming home to Sydney.” Wanderers CEO John Tsatsimas said it was fantastic to welcome home another son of western Sydney to the club. “Welcoming Terry back to the club is fantastic, it brings home another western Sydney footballer to play in front of family and friends and is very important to what we are continuing to build at this club,” he said. Meanwhile, the Wanderers have also added defender Johnny Koutroumbis to next season’s roster. The 23-year-old joins Western Sydney on a two-deal deal after spending five seasons at Newcastle.
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