Melbourne City attacker Riley McGree has declared the national team must come first after 16 A-League players were called up early to an Olyroos camp.
That decision left A-League coaches Kevin Muscat and Markus Babbel fuming at Graham Arnold with the Olyroos set to play a series of AFC qualifiers.
Arnold is desperate to see Australia's youth side improve with McGree agreeing that in this instance the Olyroos had to be given priority.
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"Its national team comes first and I think that most clubs are quite co-operative," McGree said on Wednesday.