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Everything you need to know about Harry Souttar as Socceroos' World Cup hero signs $26million Premier League deal with Leicester to become Australia's richest player

Born in Aberdeen, Scotland but a proud Socceroo - Harry Souttar has always been cut with a different cloth.

Overnight the towering defender inked a five-and-a-half-year deal worth $26million with Leicester City in the English Premier League - and instantly became Australia's richest ever footballer.

His performances at the World Cup in Qatar last year were immense - and it was only a matter of time before the 24-year-old moved from Stoke City in the English Championship.

'Challenging myself in the Premier League is an opportunity I couldn't turn down,' Souttar declared on the club's website.