ADAM Sarota’s hopes of returning to Brisbane Roar have been dashed by his Dutch club, FC Utrecht, with the midfielder told he won’t be going anywhere in the current transfer window.

The Roar wanted to bring Sarota back home to Queensland on a season-long loan deal, which would have pleased the 25-year-old Cairns product because of his current lack of first-team football in the Netherlands.

media_camera Adam Sarota first made a name for himself at Roar back in 2008.

But having just sold midfielder Jens Toornstra to rival Eredivisie club Feyenoord, Utrecht have informed Sarota he remains a required player.

“The club had been a little bit open to the loan idea, and said to me to put my feelers out,” Sarota said from his Dutch base.

“But now they’ve come back to me and said they want me to stay now. They won’t let me go out on loan because they’ve sold another player (Toornstra).

“Everything has been put on hold.”

Perhaps including Sarota’s hopes of representing Australia at January’s Asian Cup, unless he can force his way back into Utrecht’s first team.

It’s a challenge he’s ready to take on, despite his frustration at not being able to return to the Roar, where he first played A-League football six years ago.

“Brisbane’s a great club and would have been a perfect fit,” Sarota said.

“Every season they play for titles, they’re playing in the Asian Champions League this season … I’d be flattered to play again for a club like the Roar.

“But I’m signed with Utrecht and I can’t just run away from the club.

“I’ve just got to train hard and do well when I get my chance to play. It’s not a bad thing to have a lot of good players in your position. It pushes everyone.”

Sarota, who was an unused substitute in Utrecht’s 2-1 weekend win over Feyenoord, is used to overcoming hurdles.

He missed almost 11 months of football last year after requiring a knee reconstruction.

But he fought his way back to make 15 appearances for Utrecht in the second half of the 2013-14 season.

It was enough to get Sarota into Australia’s 30-man preliminary 2014 World Cup squad.

However, he did not make the Socceroos’ final 23-man contingent, with coach Ange Postecoglou believing Sarota’s knee would not cope with Australia’s tough training schedule in Brazil.

“I was obviously sad. It’s every footballer’s dream to play at the World Cup,” Sarota said.

“But I respected Ange’s decision. He’s the coach.

“That’s part of football, that’s part of life – sometimes you make it, sometimes you don’t.

“I feel my knee his 100 per cent now, but I have to play a lot more to improve my match fitness.

“I’m confident in my ability that when I get the chance, I’ll do well.”