Malik to city, williams to aufc

[EdDog]

Doesn't confirm Malik isn't leaving, just that Williams isn't coming here.

Everything is speculation still.

[Jumbinho]

MELBOURNE City’s swap deal with Adelaide United that would have secured defender Osama Malik is off, with David Williams pulling the pin on the deal.

Williams rejected an 18-month deal from United and now looks set to join struggling Newcastle Jets, who are desperate for attacking reinforcements.

While City is keen to offload Williams and free up salary cap space, Adelaide was only prepared to release Malik if they secured a player in return.

Malik, who has been on the Socceroos radar, remains part of coach Guillermo Amor’s plans as United aim to qualify for the 2016 Asian Champions League.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/footb ... 824ccadf48

Tad more info

[Interloper]

tl;dr - "We made the story up."/"Our source was bad"

[Stuckey]

So yet another Val rumour falls thru. When was the last time anything he said came true?

[mcjules]

So yet another Val rumour falls thru. When was the last time anything he said came true?

This one seems to have been credible though.

In the end this looks like it fell through because the jets could offer more game time and/or money.

Doesn't matter. Just relieved

[ZANZIBAR]

Watch williams tear it up for newy now haha

[Old Gregg]

Yeah ... and we still need another attacker!
Hopefully Troisi is on the radar. VERY glad we're holding on to Malik though.

[shinAUFC]

is it possible we were looking to sign troisi and williams ?

Or when the club said troisi they meant williams, knda like luca toni means la rocca?

[Stuckey]

So yet another Val rumour falls thru. When was the last time anything he said came true?

This one seems to have been credible though.

In the end this looks like it fell through because the jets could offer more game time and/or money.

Doesn't matter. Just relieved

I know there was more to it. Its just so funny how often rumours of his develop into nothing.

[ade-qpr]

So yet another Val rumour falls thru. When was the last time anything he said came true?

This one seems to have been credible though.

In the end this looks like it fell through because the jets could offer more game time and/or money.

Doesn't matter. Just relieved

I know there was more to it. Its just so funny how often rumours of his develop into nothing.

Yes, just wish me would start a rumour that AU won't win the the League or ACL in the next year or two.

[ade-qpr]

On Malik hooray he is a player I want to keep, certainly over Williams.

[Agostinho]

is it possible we were looking to sign troisi and williams ?

Or when the club said troisi they meant williams, knda like luca toni means la rocca?

That seems to be the style of this club's administration!

Throw a big name out there and pretend we're interested and then get in a recycled A-League player instead.

If we get Troisi I'll eat my hat.

[rusty81]

You can be sure that if we are required to pay any transfer fee then there is zero chance of us doing it.

If we had any budget for transfers Josep would still be in charge!

[EdDog]

You can be sure that if we are required to pay any transfer fee then there is zero chance of us doing it.

If we had any budget for transfers Josep would still be in charge!

No A-League club pays transfer fees as (as far as I'm aware) it counts towards the cap.

It's why you only ever see A-League clubs sign "free agents".

I agree our club is tight but the bidding war comes down to the wages of the player, not the transfer fee.

[ChillyPhilly]

You can be sure that if we are required to pay any transfer fee then there is zero chance of us doing it.

If we had any budget for transfers Josep would still be in charge!

No A-League club pays transfer fees as (as far as I'm aware) it counts towards the cap.

It's why you only ever see A-League clubs sign "free agents".

I agree our club is tight but the bidding war comes down to the wages of the player, not the transfer fee.

I think Victory paid a circa. $400,000 fee for Hernandez years ago.