Young Jaimie Cogman is hoping to be the latest off the Ausssie production line to follow in that trend. The 17-year-old has linked with Championship club Cardiff City after impressing on trial last year.

Despite his tender years, the teenager has already played for City’s Under-23s and has trained with the first-team.

The Sydney-born, Brisbane-raised talent, who was once a member of Brisbane Roar’s academy, is enjoying the intensity and professionalism at the Welsh outfit.

“I’ve loved every minute,” Cogman told FTBL.

“At the start I was really coming in with no expectation, it was just good to try a new experience and see how it all went. But it’s far exceeded what I thought I was going to do.

“I’ve had a couple of league games for the Under-23s and a couple of pre-season games at the start of the year.

"Towards the end of the season I was training with the first-team on a weekly basis, which was really good.

“I was really happy with it. Training-wise it’s similar but the advantage the boys have in the UK is it’s full-time. So that’s the only thing you really have to focus on.

"You’re going in everyday knowing you’ve got football, whereas at Brisbane Roar obviously I still had to go to school a couple of times a week and then in the afternoons.

"So the level of professionalism is a bit higher here.”

Cogman grew up in the Queensland capital and spent four years with NPL club Brisbane City.

He then had two years with the Roar youth side before being invited to trial with the Bluebirds Under-18s.

“Through a friend I was introduced to a player scout,” the goalkeeper said.

“He was on a holiday in Australia and my friend said do you want to come down to a training session.

"The scout took the session and watched it, and he said to me that day, 'There’s a spot opening at Cardiff, would you like to come on trial?' Within three or four days I was in Cardiff.

"It happened really quickly, to be honest.

Cogman looks up to the likes of Socceroo shot-stopper Ryan, but he's enjoying working with Neil Etheridge and Alex Smithies at Cardiff City Stadium.

“I’ve always tried to be my own player when I’m on the pitch,” he said.

“But, especially in the Premier League, Mat Ryan, Hugo Lloris and even the keepers at Cardiff, I really enjoy watching them.

“They’re really good to be able to take bits from their game, and to be closer and in person they’re really good and willing to give out tips.”

The keeper headed back to Australia on March 17 when football came to a crashing halt thanks to the coronavirus.

He is hoping is to return to Britain this month as the pandemic eases to continue his development at Cardiff.

“At the moment the plan is if there’s no two week isolation in the UK, then I’ll come back late June for the July 1 restart,” Cogman said.

“But if there is two weeks I’ll look to go back in mid-June. The club’s booking it all so it’s just whenever they say really. 

"I’m really excited to get back.”