Leckie ready to step up for Socceroos

Leckie has scored in successive games for 2. Bundesliga club FSV Frankfurt and is hoping to be among the names in Osieck's 23-man squad for the international match against Lebanon on 6 September and the 2014 World Cup qualifier against Jordan in Amman five days later.

An air of intrigue remains over who Osieck will name on 29 August, after a succession of sub-par performances from the Socceroos in which concerns have arisen over the team's inability to create chances and score goals - Australia has scored twice in its last four matches.

Leckie has made a compelling case for selection, having secured a starting berth at the club he joined on loan this season from Bundesliga team Borussia Monchengladbach.

“I feel I am ready mentally and physically if that chance comes," Leckie said. “If I can help the team qualify for the next World Cup, I’d love to be able to.

"I don’t expect anything but if it happens I’ll be ready. I think you are seeing already that Holger is giving the younger players their opportunities.

“He’s a good coach and he knows what he’s doing and the next generation will get their opportunities at various camps and hopefully I can be among that group which breaks through.

“I just need to make an impression when the chance comes, so I can stay in the squad. But I have to get their first.

“I definitely want to be in the national team as soon as I can.

“At Gladbach I wasn’t playing much and it’s been good to make the move and be scoring a few goals. Hopefully I can keep that up for the rest of the season,” Leckie said.

“The level isn’t the same as the Bundesliga. It’s more of a battle in games whereas in the Bundesliga it’s more about technique and tactics.”

Leckie's rich vein of form includes the winning goal in FSV Frankfurt's 2-1 defeat of Sonnenhoft Grossaspach in Germany's DFB Pokal, and a decisive goal in the 3-1 league win over Hertha Berlin.

Watch Leckie's goal for FSV Frankfurt v Hertha Berlin

“It’s a great place for me to be right now," Leckie said. "I am on loan for a year at Frankfurt and the plan is to then go back.

“There will be talks between myself and the club before that and we will see what happens.”