Grant was a key absentee in Sydney FC's tilt for a second successive Premiership / Championship double, missing the season through injury.

As he prepares to make his Sky Blues comeback under a different coach, Grant believes he won't suffer too much adjustment. 

“I was stoked for him. Everyone knows he’s been at the club since day one, so he’s done his apprenticeship under Arnie and previous coaches so I thought I was only natural for him to get the job," Grant told the club website.

“From what he’s spoke to us as a team about, his style will be very similar to Arnie.

“It won’t change too much with the foundations, but at the same time he’ll have his own take on it which will be exciting to see."

Corica claims the head role after a seven-year apprenticeship at Sydney, holding NYL aswell as assistant coaching roles at the club since his retirement in 2010. 

“As a player he was very attack minded and entertaining so I’d imagine his style will be along that mind," Grant said.

"When he was youth team coach I was playing down a couple of times while returning from injury I got a witness to that so it’ll be really cool for all of us to see where he takes us as a club.

“Steve knows all the players, he knows what you can do and we know what we can do and what he expects.

"It makes it a lot easier for us with that familiarity and I think that will keep things going instead of having a new person that we have to prove ourselves and start from scratch with."