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DANIEL McBreen has barely broken stride since winning last season's Golden Boot, but the veteran striker will dive straight back into the service of the Mariners when he returns from his loan spell in China this weekend.
Alhough he won't return in time to be in contention for Saturday's F3 derby with Newcastle, McBreen insists he'll be at Graham Arnold's service immediately after to continue the defence of last year's title.
McBreen's loan spell with Chinese Super League side Shanghai Dongya ends tonight against Marcello Lippi's table-topping Guangzhou Evergrande, and after flying back to Sydney on Friday night McBreen will report for training Monday morning.
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For a 36-year-old, his longevity has been impressive — appearing in12 of 13 league games that his club have played since his arrival in July, and completing 90 minutes in 10 of them.
In the past 12 months the figures are 42 games and 20 goals, but there is little prospect of a break despite his re-emersion into a Mariners season that thanks to the Asia Champions League will run until at least May.
"Arnie asked if I wanted a break, but I told him I'm just keen to keep playing and I am," he said.
"Training here in China goes for longer but is less intense, and if I'm honest Arnie and Clarky [Mariners fitness coach Andrew Clark] are very good at managing each individual players' training program.
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"I'm sure we'll be able to manage the workload to go through the season. I've only seen snippets of the Mariners games thanks to the internet, but I heard at the weekend we got one goal and could have had a few more.
"The thing is though, we've always been slow starters, and I can't wait to get back. I've said before how much I enjoy playing with Mikey [McGlinchey], and I can't wait for the prospect of playing with him and Marcos Flores."
Having already played in England, Scotland and Romania, McBreen admitted the wanderlust to play abroad again wasn't a surprise - even though the cultural differences were sizeable.
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"When we first came here, all the foreigners in the team were asked what we though about training and everything, and we gave our opinions, which were promptly ignored," McBreen said.
"It taught us not to worry too much, and just get on with things. I can't lie, I'm looking forward to getting back to Australia in terms of training.
"But equally I came to experience a different culture, and I love that side of football — the chance to see other parts of the world.
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"I'd heard that Shanghai was an amazing place and that's very true, and overall I've really enjoyed myself. There's nothing worse than 4-5 months of an off-season and in coming here I've managed to keep playing and make some new friends.
"If the opportunity came up again to play in China, I'd be keen. It's funny, every second week I seemed to be up against an Australian as there are a lot here.
"It's been good to hear the accent and have a bit of banter on the pitch, it breaks up the monotony a bit. They talk a lot about fighting spirit in their team talks here, and Australians have that in spades."
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