Goal.com spoke with the 24-year-old who is one of a number of Australia internationals, such as Harry Kewell, who've headed home for the highly-anticipated new A-League season

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"There was one game where we got beaten 4-1 by Leverkusen and the coach told me at half-time that I was the only player doing well. Then the next week I found myself on the bench somehow."



- Dario Vidosic on life at Nurnberg



VIDOSIC ON THE SOCCEROOS





“If you look at Matt McKay, he was playing in the A-League and he was one of the best players at the Asian Cup. It doesn't matter where you're playing your football, it's about if your football talks.”



- Dario Vidosic



"We'd love to be able to say at the end of the season that we were better than Melbourne Victory with Harry Kewell in their team.”



- Vidosic on Kewell's return to Australia



By Ben SomerfordSocceroo Dario Vidosic says his decision to return to Australia's A-League was so he could “enjoy the game again” after growing frustrated at German Bundesliga club FC Nurnberg.The 24-year-old Croatia-born forward, who has made 14 senior Australia appearances, ended his four-year stint in Germany to join Adelaide United on a three-year contract during the off-season.After a bright start to his career at Nurnberg, where he scored a series of goals as they earned promotion to the Bundesliga in 2009, Vidosic fell out of favour and struggled for opportunities in recent times, leading to loan spells at second tier clubs MSV Duisburg and Arminia Bielefeld.Speaking to, Vidosic revealed the situation led to his decision to head home where is one of a number of Socceroos, along with Brett Emerton, Harry Kewell and Jon McKain, to join the A-League ahead of the highly anticipated new season which kicks off on Saturday.“I wasn't enjoying my time over in Germany,” Vidosic said. “I wanted to enjoy the game again and have fun. The decision wasn't so much to start over, but come home, have fun and enjoy myself again.”He added: “There were all sorts of little things. For example, there was one game where we got beaten 4-1 by Leverkusen and the coach told me at half-time that I was the only player doing well. Then the next week I found myself on the bench somehow.“It was just stuff like that. Stuff which happened through the media and the coach. It was frustrating that it'd be other people who'd be dictating who'd play and not so much the coach or what you've done. It was a bit of that, that I got over.”Vidosic, who spent time at Brisbane Roar before his move to Germany, said he pondered staying in Europe when his contract expired at Nurnberg but after training with his former club during an off-season stay in Australia he decided a return home would be best.“There was always the option (of staying in Europe). At first, I did want to stay in Europe and we were speaking to a few clubs,” he said. “But as I spent some more time at home while I was training with the Roar, I spoke with my agent and said 'lets speak to a few A-League clubs, because I'm interested in staying here'.“I could see that the coaching was very good at the Roar and I could learn here. I also spoke to my good friend Spase (Dilevski, who joined Adelaide in the off-season) and he told me a lot about (Adelaide coach) Rini Coolen and Adelaide.“Adelaide were very professional, everything was resolved very quickly, so I could start playing again. It came about very quickly.”Vidosic, who last played for the Socceroos in the June friendly against Serbia, insisted the decision wouldn't jeopardise his national team hopes,although he admitted he hadn't consulted Australia boss Holger Osieck when making his choice.“If you look at Matt McKay, he was playing in the A-League and he was one of the best players at the Asian Cup,” Vidosic said. “It doesn't matter where you're playing your football, it's about if your football talks.”Vidosic added he'd been impressed by his new boss at Adelaide, former FC Twente coach Coolen, who he hopes can bring the best out of him.“We've been given a lot of freedom up front to express ourselves. That's always something which you love when you're an attacker,” he said.“I'm one of those players who when I get the ball I want to try do something, beat some players, do something unexpected, try to create something and put on a bit of a show.”Brisbane-raised Vidosic added he was aiming to win the A-League premiership with the Reds this term after watching on with jealousy as the Roar clinched last season's title in front of over 50,000 fans in the Grand Final at Suncorp Stadium.“For me, last year watching the Roar I felt a little bit jealous watching everything they achieved. Playing in front of a packed Suncorp, it's definitely something you want to be a part of,” he said.“As a footballer you want to win things and play in front of those big crowds, plus that build-up to the Grand Final, it was unbelievable to see all the way from Germany.”On the title chances of Adelaide, who have also signed Socceroos McKain and Bruce Djite, Vidosic added: “The team is looking very good. On paper, we definitely have one of the strongest teams, if not the strongest. But unfortunately nothing's won on paper."We'll get a good indication with a very hard game in the first round away to Perth. Hopefully we can go away to Perth get a good result, then we've got two home games against tough opposition in Melbourne and Sydney and there's that extra spice with Harry and Emmo coming as well.”Vidosic, who has had an injury interrupted pre-season, did take part in the recent warm-up match against Melbourne Victory where high-profile signing Kewell made his first appearance since returning home.The 24-year-old fancied his popular Socceroos team-mate would take the A-League by storm this season, but said he'd love to beat a Victory side with Kewell in their ranks.On Kewell's performance in the warm-up game, Vidosic said: “He looked good. You can see he's a quality player. He hasn't played for a while so naturally he's only going to get better.”He added: “I definitely want him to have a great season, but we'd love to be able to say at the end of the season that we were better than Melbourne Victory with Harry Kewell in their team.”While Vidosic will spend this season trying to knock off the likes of Kewell and Emerton in the A-League, he added he still wanted to return to Europe at some stage of his career.“You always want to play at the highest level. That's something I've set myself for the future, but at the moment I want to worry about making myself a better player every day," he said."I'll just concentrate on this season and hopefully we can win a few things."