Who's signed for next season

[Ghost]

Which of our players is going to WSW to replace Jumpei and Melling?

[Reds4Life]

Elrich maybe??

Melling was a nothing player for them so a youth team player would do. Not sure they'll be the last 2 to go either

[offshorejack]

Elrich maybe??

Melling was a nothing player for them so a youth team player would do. Not sure they'll be the last 2 to go either

it’s funny... only a week ago (when questioned) Gombau was saying that he was satisfied with the squad he has & won’t be bringing anyone in, in January

I remember him saying a similar thing while he was here

[Ghost]

Elrich maybe??

Melling was a nothing player for them so a youth team player would do. Not sure they'll be the last 2 to go either

it’s funny... only a week ago (when questioned) Gombau was saying that he was satisfied with the squad he has & won’t be bringing anyone in, in January

I remember him saying a similar thing while he was here

Maybe Jumpei and Melling asked to leave.
Jumpei already having signed with a team in Japan indicates he was pretty keen to get out of there.

[EdDog]

Melling wasn't up to Gombau's standard when he was here so can't imagine much would have changed.

[RedsUnited]

I still maintain that Melling is a crossbreed of Adam Hughes and Fabian Barbiero...

[sub007]

I had a look on transfermarkt and found some attacking midfielders who are free agents and I found three players we could sign. They are Antun Palic, Nenad Marinkovic (Nebojsa's younger brother) and Anton Zemlianukhin.

Palic is the best of the three and seems to be the most likely. He is 29 years old and most recently played for Mouscron in Belgium. His market value according to Transfermarkt is 1.25 mill euros. He has been capped by Croatia at u19, u20 and u21 level.

Nenad Marincovic last played for Mladost in the Serbian Superliga. His value according to Transfermarkt is 300k. He has been capped at u19 and u21 level. He is 29 years old.

If we decide to sign an Asian player than Anton Zemlianukhin is an option. He signed for newly promoted Russian side SKA Khabarovsk at the start of the season but had his contract cancelled as he was injured when he signed. His value according to Transfermarkt is also 300k. He is also Kyrgyzstan's all time top goalscorer with 9 goals. He is also 29.

Of the three, I have only seen Zemlianukhin play (Kyrgyzstan v Socceroos) and from memory he was a very tricky and pacy player but had no final product. A bit like Nikola but with better tekkers.

[sub007]

I had a look on transfermarkt and found some attacking midfielders who are free agents and I found three players we could sign. They are Antun Palic, Nenad Marinkovic (Nebojsa's younger brother) and Anton Zemlianukhin.

Palic is the best of the three and seems to be the most likely. He is 29 years old and most recently played for Mouscron in Belgium. His market value according to Transfermarkt is 1.25 mill euros. He has been capped by Croatia at u19, u20 and u21 level.

Nenad Marincovic last played for Mladost in the Serbian Superliga. His value according to Transfermarkt is 300k. He has been capped at u19 and u21 level. He is 29 years old.

If we decide to sign an Asian player than Anton Zemlianukhin is an option. He signed for newly promoted Russian side SKA Khabarovsk at the start of the season but had his contract cancelled as he was injured when he signed. His value according to Transfermarkt is also 300k. He is also Kyrgyzstan's all time top goalscorer with 9 goals. He is also 29.

Of the three, I have only seen Zemlianukhin play (Kyrgyzstan v Socceroos) and from memory he was a very tricky and pacy player but had no final product. A bit like Nikola but with better tekkers.

[sub007]

In other news Bruce signed for an Indonesian club.

[sub007]

Sorry double post.

[Ghost]

The trouble with looking online for available players is a lot of players are going to reject a move to Australia outright, too far away, no real football pedigree, low quality league, etc. Adlung initially rejected us and really had to be convinced. A lot of foreigners in the A-league either had links with Australia or been suggested by other foreigners to come here. I don't think cold calling agents of promising looking players would be hugely successful percentage wise.

[sub007]

The trouble with looking online for available players is a lot of players are going to reject a move to Australia outright, too far away, no real football pedigree, low quality league, etc. Adlung initially rejected us and really had to be convinced. A lot of foreigners in the A-league either had links with Australia or been suggested by other foreigners to come here. I don't think cold calling agents of promising looking players would be hugely successful percentage wise.

You make some good points although Marinkovic's brother played for Perth and the Croatian I mentioned might have some connections to Tapalovic or Kurz since he played in Belgium.

[Ghost]

However I must admit I do look at transfermarkt ocassionally and because of that I notice things like both Marco Flores and Jeronimo Neumann are available.

[Interloper]

At the right (low) price Flores would only have to be a fraction of his best to be useful tbh. There is a hole in the squad for any sort of creative attacking player, he needn't even be good. combining with Mileusnic and Diawara/Blackwood would be analogous to Van Dijk + Dodd/Leckie too.

His best was 7 years and a knee reconstruction ago though. And there is zero chance he would be fit enough to play in a Kurz' squad.

[Rojos]

I had a look on transfermarkt and found some attacking midfielders who are free agents and I found three players we could sign. They are Antun Palic, Nenad Marinkovic (Nebojsa's younger brother) and Anton Zemlianukhin.

Palic is the best of the three and seems to be the most likely. He is 29 years old and most recently played for Mouscron in Belgium. His market value according to Transfermarkt is 1.25 mill euros. He has been capped by Croatia at u19, u20 and u21 level.

Nenad Marincovic last played for Mladost in the Serbian Superliga. His value according to Transfermarkt is 300k. He has been capped at u19 and u21 level. He is 29 years old.

If we decide to sign an Asian player than Anton Zemlianukhin is an option. He signed for newly promoted Russian side SKA Khabarovsk at the start of the season but had his contract cancelled as he was injured when he signed. His value according to Transfermarkt is also 300k. He is also Kyrgyzstan's all time top goalscorer with 9 goals. He is also 29.

Of the three, I have only seen Zemlianukhin play (Kyrgyzstan v Socceroos) and from memory he was a very tricky and pacy player but had no final product. A bit like Nikola but with better tekkers.

Love your work, Palic is a good one. Has played in Thailand so not affraid of moving abroad, possibly played witj Burns at AEK.

Expect us to now sign Ruben Zadkovich.