SYDNEY OUTGOING Football Federation Australia chairman Frank Lowy says Melbourne City superstar Aaron Mooy is his favourite A-League player.
Lowy will today hand over the reins to son, Steven, after 12 years in charge at FFA. 
The Westfield Group co-founder lists the Socceroos -becoming "an international force" and the bedding down of a constitution that underpinned the creation of an independent FFA as two of his biggest achievements.
Unsurprisingly, the 85-year-old also said the failure of his organisation to bring the 2022 World Cup to Australia was his biggest regret.
Lowy said a viable A-League was a "non-negotiable", despite the fact that clubs combined for a $17 million loss last season.
But while Mooy is pulling the strings in midfield at City, Lowy is in no doubt that there are enough showstoppers -running around to keep the A-League going strong.
"At the moment it's Aaron Mooy," Lowy said when asked which player has given him most pleasure to watch.
"In the past, it would be Ray Baartz. He was felled to the ground (against Uruguay in 1974), but he would have been the outstanding player of his generation." Even though the 2022 World Cup bid failed spectacularly, Lowy said: "I think I made the first step into it and future generations will be able to learn from experience to bring it here." And as for the controversy regarding the World Cup bidding process, in particular a $500,000 payment by FFA to disgraced former FIFA chief Jack Warner to fund a stadium development in the Caribbean, Lowy insisted he was not -losing any sleep.
"We have given information to all the authorities," he said. "We have documents that outline everything. We sent the information that we have to the SFO (Serious Fraud Office in London).
"I've said it a thousand times; we sent a cheque to CONCACAF (the North American confederation, to help fund a centre of excellence in Trinidad).
"After doing due diligence, the cheque went into the CONCACAF account."1965 CUP TILT, PAGE 57