With Kruse, Leckie and Halloran all in the Socceroos’ set-up after making their mark in the Bundesliga and 2.Bundesliga, former Brisbane Roar rookie Yeboah – still just 19 – is dreaming of joining them at some stage after completing his first four months at German powerhouse Borussia Monchengladbach.

The Gold Coast kid with the Ghanaian heritage made 10 appearances for Gladbach’s reserves – operating out wide or down the middle - and while still awaiting his first goal he declared himself satisfied with the first stage of what will be a steep learning curve.

Yeboah, who like fellow strikers Kruse and Halloran cut his teeth at Roar, is back home to watch the FIFA World Cup and focus his energies on turning his four-year deal with Gladbach into another Aussie success story.

Though Kruse has been ruled out of the tournament after knee surgery, both Halloran and Leckie are in camp and pushing their claims for inclusion in Australia’s final 23 for Brazil, with Yeboah explaining: “You look at what they and also Mathew Leckie have achieved in Germany and it drives you on.

“I share a flat with Ben and he’s had a great season in the second Bundesliga with Fortuna Dusseldorf and his hard work has been paying off. He fully deserved the call up.

“You see how he has developed and also how well Robbie was going at Bayer Leverkusen before his injury.

“We talk a lot and both he and Ben have helped me out a lot with encouragement and advice.

“Then you look at Mathew (recently transferred from FSV Frankfurt to FC Ingolstadt) and he’s also been on fire (with 10 goals for the season).

“You watch them and say to yourself ‘why not me?’, so long as I keep working hard and developing my game. It helps motivate you and their help has been invaluable.

“It’s a new culture here for me and it’s taken a little time to settle in. It’s really dog eat dog here and you have to be strong and determined to get on and survive. Coming here has definitely toughened me up.”

Yeboah – who has yet to play for Australia at any level – is back home in Robina on the Gold Coast to catch up with family and friends before heading back to Germany later in June for pre-season training.

He plans to watch Australia at the World Cup while at home and mused: “It’s everybody’s dream to one day play for the Socceroos and hopefully that's something for the future.

“Right now, I have to make the steps at club level that one day might make that possible.”

Yeboah's aim for next season is to train with the first team squad and further push his claims at a club which finished the 2013-2014 Bundesliga season in sixth place.

“It’s really been an education for me – and it would be great to be a part of things with the first team next year but of course I will have to battle hard to show I am worthy of that," added Yeboah who made just 12 appearances for Brisbane before his surprise switch to Gladbach.

“I think I did ok after I arrived in January. The games are hard because everybody is aspiring to get into the first team.

“I have been playing right and left wing and sometimes through the middle and I think my game is improving.

“The move came out of the blue a bit for me. It wasn’t a hard decision to make because it’s a massive opportunity.

“Being here is huge really, the crowds, the coverage the obsession with the game here. It’s just wild.

“I was really happy to see Brisbane go on and win the title, which they thoroughly deserved. The club has high standards, which are never allowed to be dropped.”