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Victory football operations manager Gary Cole is expecting Sukha to make a quite an impression as the first Thai international in the A-League.

"He's a fantastic player. He's someone who has played about 15 or 16 times for his country. I spoke to Steve Derby, who's the assistant coach in Thailand. They're playing Liverpool on the 22nd of July, and he's got a man-marking job on Steven Gerrard. They obviously think highly of him, so we think highly, we think we've done well," Cole said.

"Seventy games for Chonburi, he played with Ney Fabiano against us in the 2008 ACL. He's got great experience in the ACL and the AFC Cup. We're expecting big things of him and it will take him a little time to adjust as it does with all our foreigners, getting him used to the cold weather for one, he's a really nice man."

Meanwhile, teammate Archie Thompson was impressed with the first training session from Sukha, who arrived in Australia on Wednesday. He backed the defender to fit in well at the club and said he will be a huge asset.

"I think he'll be a great defender. He looks good, he looks comfortable on the ball and once he knows the team and the player around him, and more importantly, how to speak a bit of English, he'll be great," he said.

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