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Soccer-Dutch club Roda sign young Australian De Silva on loan

Aug 26 (Reuters) - Promising young Australian midfielder Daniel de Silva has agreed a two-year loan move to Dutch club Roda JC Kerkrade from Italians AS Roma, his former side Perth Glory said on Wednesday. The 18-year-old attacking midfielder impressed as a 16-year-old at the 2013 FIFA under-20 World Cup and is on the verge of winning a first Socceroos cap having made the bench for June's World Cup qualifying win in Kyrgyzstan. Italian giants AS Roma agreed to buy the prodigiously talented De Silva from Perth in July after some standout display in the A-League, but told the Western Australians they would look to loan out the youngster. "We are very pleased that Daniel has come to enforce our team," Roda JC Kerkrade Managing Director Wim Collard said in a statement on Wednesday. "We can use him for several positions on the midfield and internationally he is known for his great talent. I expect that he will bring us a lot of joy and success in the coming two seasons." De Silva, who made his Perth debut as a 15-year-old, will join up with former Glory midfielder Rostyn Griffiths at Roda, who are fifth in the Dutch table after two wins from their opening three matches. (Writing by Patrick Johnston in Singapore; editing by Amlan Chakraborty)