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The former Roar winger, who recently inked a five-year deal with Dutch side Utrecht, insists that strong competition for places will see the 18-year old wait for his opportunity on football's biggest stage.

"I'm not expecting to go [to the World Cup] by any means," said Oar at this morning's Nike Socceroos home kit launch. "If I go, great, everyone dreams of going to the World Cup, if not then that will not worry me at all. Obviously the experience of going would be absolutely amazing.

"Pim hasn't said anything to me directly, but there are a lot of good players in contention for very few spots. There are a lot of good young attacking players coming through and a lot will depend on who he [Pim] thinks is fit enough and playing well enough in a few weeks' time.

"You have a lot of guys playing well overseas and at a very high level. There is a lot of strong competition so I'm not going to be upset if I miss out."

After Oar made an impressive Socceroos debut against Indonesia in March, some sections of the public and media hurriedly started touting the youngster as the next big Aussie star.

"A lot of the praise was very premature. It is about performing consistently over a period of time, not just one good game, that is the true test. That is my next goal - trying to maintain some consistency."

While playing World Cup football in six weeks time seems like a far-fetched dream for Oar, the ambition to play football in Europe has become a reality since his Netherlands move.

"Everything has happened a lot quicker than I expected, but I've always dreamed of playing in Europe so when the opportunity arose for me to go to Utrecht I jumped at it," gushed Oar.

"18 or 19 is the best age to go overseas, after that it becomes more difficult to break into the first-team as there are high expectation of you. I'm good friends with both Michael Zullo and Adam Sarota who have signed too so that will make the transition easier. Since we've arrived everyone at the club is really nice, it's a club that has done well in recent years and Holland is a great country to live in."

While club life in the Netherlands alone mainly motivated Oar to head over, the added Dutch influence running through the Australian system was seen as another deciding factor for the rising star.

"In Australia at the moment there is a strong Dutch influence within the national team and going to Holland means they will always have an eye on you and you won't be found in the dark," added Oar.

 

To see pics from today's launch...

 

And behind the scenes with the FFT boys...