“This club means so much to me it’s my hometown club, the club that I grew up supporting, a club that I know inside out and which is full of people that I love and that I’ve played with and against. “It’s always been in the back of my mind that if I got the opportunity to come back, I’d jump at it straightaway and when that opportunity did come up, I knew I wasn’t going to let it go,” he said. Taggart celebrates scoring for Cerezo this season.

The 17-time Australia international, who was not included in Graham Arnold’s squad for the FIFA Men’s World Cup, also scored against Kevin Muscat’s champions Yokohama F.Marinos this season. Taggart – the 2019 K League 1 Golden Boot winner during his time at Suwon Bluewings – spent the past two seasons in Japan with Cerezo, where he scored 10 goals across all competitions after bagging five J1 League goals in 2022. The 29-year-old scored 22 goals across two spells for Perth, having debuted in 2011, and returns to WA with a wealth of experience abroad. In a huge boost for the Glory and the Isuzu UTE A-League, Taggart will officially link up with hometown club Perth from J1 League outfit Cerezo Osaka once the January transfer window opens. Adam Taggart has jumped at the opportunity to re-join Perth Glory, with the Socceroo returning to Western Australia on a three-and-a-half-year deal.

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