Beister began his senior career with Hamburg SV and went on loan to Fortuna Dusseldorf from 2010 to 2012 when he spent time with Kruse in the German 2.Bundesliga.

The 26-year-old, who has 28 under-age appearances for Germany, arrives at Victory on loan from FSV Mainz who currently sit ninth on the Bundesliga table.

A devastating knee injury accumulated in a friendly in Abu Dhabi against Dutch Eredivisie side Vitesse in 2014 saw his career stagnate.

Kruse, who had a super 2010/11 A-League season did a good job of convincing Beister that Victory was the way to go.

“He gave some impressions before, honestly I asked him about Melbourne, about Australia and he was just talking positive, so it wasn’t a hard decision to decide for Victory,” Beister said.

“I was asking about the club, about the city, it’s also very important.

"He was just talking positive that the club is very professional, like family, it was like at Dusseldorf, the same and this was one of my points that I decided to move to Australia.”

Beister is a left footer who prefers playing in a right-sided attacking role supporting the striker’s role, however did not feel comfortable filling in the No.9 role.

He was not bothered by the criticism surrounding his move to Australia replying simply with “I don’t care”.

The German winger said there was genuine progression in Australia’s domestic league and while he maintained he was no Alessandro Del Piero or David Villa, he was keen to turn heads and make a name for himself.

“I will try to put my stamp and show the guys ‘this is Maxi Beister from Germany’,” he said.

“Lots of big players from Europe came here, but I’m not that big guy like they were.

“I want to give something back, the club now gives me a chance to play and that’s just what I’ll do on the pitch paying back.

“A lot of friends, guys in Germany were a little bit surprised I moved to Australia because honestly the country’s not the most football famous country in the world, but this was not important for me because I see the league is growing.”

Beister arrived in Melbourne at 7am on Wednesday and managed his first training session with Victory on Thursday morning.

It is unclear whether he’ll take the field in Monday’s game against Wellington. He managed to watch Victory’s 2-1 win away over Adelaide United last week and spoke of the standard of the A-League.

“I see the potential in the football in Australia and most of the guys were supporting me now, saying this is a very big step now far away from home, new experience and culture, new people and they’ve just supporting me and they say it’s good,” he said.

“I was following the A-League last year, honestly this league is getting better and better every year, but for me it’s a challenge, it’s not like an adventure because I want to improve.

“I want to get better and it was an easy decision to move now because this is for me like a real new motivation and I try my best, I want to be successful.”

Beister also highlighted the talent in the Socceroos as a progression of Australian football.

“When you’re watching the national team, you see some good players and also they’re still playing in Germany like Ben Halloran, Robbie Kruse, Mathew Leckie who are still in Germany,” Beister said.

“Also lots of Australian players are still in England so for me it’s not as easy way when you think you’re from Europe you can come to Australia and just play 80 or 90 per cent, you just to give 100 per cent to be successful.”

And while Beister was also known for his invention of the ‘snaxcup’ which enables someone to drink and eat at the same time, the budding creator was not keen on shedding the light just yet.

“Maybe I will tell you in the next few weeks because my focus on the pitch now, next time we can talk about it,” he joked.

Photo: Anita Milas