Matildas star Charli Grant opens up about overcoming the huge problem in her love life with her fiancé
Matildas star Charli Grant has revealed the struggles behind maintaining a long distance relationship - and how challenging it can be planning a wedding as a professional athlete based overseas.
Grant, 23, is engaged to Lachlan Cameron, who was previously based in Adelaide.
Cameron has since moved to London in a bid to be closer to his future wife - and the Tottenham defender is thankful for the sacrifice he made.
'It (long distance) was really difficult,' Grant said. It was (also) hard (for both of us) with the time difference.
'We would only be able to speak just before I went off to training and then he would be asleep by the time I finished training. 'So it was only small doses of the day.'
The couple got engaged in December last year, and Grant admitted now having her partner in the United Kingdom is 'really special.'
'I've been through some difficult moments, and some really exciting moments with my football....so to have him there by my side to just give me a cuddle when I need a shoulder to cry on or someone to celebrate with is great,' Grant told News Corp.
She added both her and Cameron 'aren't the best planners' - before confirming their upcoming wedding - in Australia - will be based around her football schedule, which can be at times chaotic.
Meanwhile, after playing just 396 minutes across 10 matches for Spurs in the Women's Super League 2024-25 season, Grant is determined to hit the ground running ahead of the new campaign.
The club are yet to announce their new head coach, with Robert Vilahamn sacked after Tottenham finished 11th this season.
Grant also has a new Matildas boss in Joe Montemurro, with her motivation sky high ahead of the Asian Cup on home soil next year.
It comes after Grant was overlooked for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
'When you do miss out on things (selection), it just gives you that fire and drive to prove them wrong, and to show you do deserve that opportunity,' she said ahead of two recent international home matches against Argentina.
'In a way, you've just got to turn it into a positive and just use it as energy to make yourself better.
'The Asian Cup I'll definitely be working towards, trying to just be part of the squad.
'But to break into that starting line-up, that is a goal of mine.'
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