Despite having played only three competitive games this year, Ivan Franjic has declared he will be ready if Australia coach Ange Postecoglou calls on him for World Cup qualifiers in September.
Franjic, who has returned home to play for Melbourne City after a tough season in Russia, has only started pre-season training this month, with the 2015-16 A-League campaign first beginning on October 8.
"If I get chosen, I'll be fit enough to be playing," he told Omnisport.
"That was one of the reasons [for] coming back, I could have stayed in Europe or come back but I wanted to sort my future out before I went into the World Cup qualifiers," the versatile full-back said.
"So [my goal this season is to play] as many games as possible and win a championship with Melbourne City and keep playing international [matches]."
"It was difficult because I was injured 80 per cent of the time there, so the club wasn't happy that I was getting injured on international duty but that's football, it's part of the game, so I'm back now and looking forward to the season ahead," he said.
Franjic has played 19 matches for Australia and was a key part of Postecoglou's squad that won the Asian Cup in January.
