Australian players going to Asia

[greenlion]

as Australian players going to asian leagues, will Aussies fans start to follow K-League and CSL?

Australian & A-League players transfer

Beijing Guo'an
Ryan Griffiths US $450,000 loan (confirmed)
Joel Griffiths US $770,000 loan, maybe followes US $1,000,000 transfer after the loan deal finished, with a salary of US $450,000 a year (confirmed)

Shanghai Shenhua
Mark Milligan US $2,500,000 transfer, includes a salary of $900,000 for three years.(confirmed)
John Aloi$i loan deal on progress
Archie Thompson (Rumor)

Shandong Luneng
Travis Dodd (Rumor)
Kristian Sarkies (Rumor)
Diego (Brazilian in Adelaide, Rumor)
Shandong may sign 2 of the above three as their 4th and 5th foreigner.

Incheon United
Jade North $2,000,000 transfer (Confirmed)

Ulsan Hyundai
Nikolai Topor-Stanley (Rumor)
Alex Wilkinson (Rumor)

FC Seoul
Adam Griffiths (Rumor)

Chunnam Dragons
Simon Colosimo $500,000 loan

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Sasa Ognenovski $350,000 loan

 

[northernspirit]

we get very limited exposure to your leagues (i.e no tv coverage), it would be good to follow past favourite players but the only way we can watch progress is either internet streams or ACL... in time i think it will get better exposure in australia

 

[northernspirit]

whoa hold your horses...
Alosi on loan in progress? that is interesting, id be worried if i were paying $ for him

 

[Jesus]

Most of those sums do not add up. Scum did not get 2.5mil for milligan. Wasnt it closer to 350k? If they got 2.5mil US then it would have easily been a new australian record transfer, at least for a-league. That is something Con would mention to feather his cap.

 

[greenlion]

Most of those sums do not add up. Scum did not get 2.5mil for milligan. Wasnt it closer to 350k? If they got 2.5mil US then it would have easily been a new australian record transfer, at least for a-league. That is something Con would mention to feather his cap.

the 2.5m deal is from Zhu Jun, the boss of Shanhhai Shenhua, who told it to chinese media

 

[loyalist]

rofl at clubs wanting sarkies and aloisi

 

[northernspirit]

oh come on sarkies is a "free kick expert" lol

 

[greenlion]

here is a interview of Ryan Griffiths who is becoming a star in china

http://sports.sina.com.cn/j/2009-02-02/11014194615.shtml

and here are some of the general translation,

about how joel joins Beijing

1. Ryan suggests the club to do so, he tayped some matches of joel and showed it to the club on January 5th as he backes to china, the club decided to buy him later.
2. the club need joel as a winger to replace Honruras international Walter Matinez who left guo'an to join Spanish club Alaves.
3. they are brothers so the club believe they should cooperate well.

about the three griffiths
1. the two brothers are better tham him
2. he want Adam to join CSL too, He had offered a trail in Tianjin Teda but failed to sign a contract.

about the new season
1. as a joint, Ryan and Joel hopes to score 25 goals in total and bring the club what they want - the League title. last time Beijing win the league was in 1984, 25 years ago.
2. I know CSL better than joel so this time I'll be better than him.

why choose Guoan after the contract with Liaoning finished
1. Guo'an is a powerhouse club & I like the style of the team
2. It's very comfortable living here, the stadium is only 5 minutes away from the headquarter of Guo'an and ryan could live with his family everyday.

about future
If I can I would like to stay at Guo'an until I retire from football

 

[NewyForever]

oh come on sarkies is a "free kick expert" lol

yeah thanks to football manager lol

 

[Jesus]

Well if true then milligans transfer is like 1.6mil oz. Which is close to record

 

[thomas477]

Herald sez $500,000 for Joel, then a $1,000,000 transfer and around $200,000 for Millsy

 

[MattSimon]

我在中国生活了两个赛季，已经能够掌握平常的生活用语，如果我自己一个人去超市买东西，一点问题都没有。

LOL I can't imagine any Griffith speaking Chinese, I thought it was bogan-proofed

 

[loyalist]

sez

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