Rest of A-League Transfer (Now with 99% RR - Love your work)

cassio is pure class.. what we need is the right footed equivalent

 Confirmed now

http://www.news.com.au/sport/soccer/former-england-striker-emile-heskey-set-to-sign-for-a-league-club-newcastle-jets/story-fndkzvnd-1226476821669

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BREAKING: @FOXSPORTS_NEWS can confirm former England striker Emile Heskey has signed a one-year deal with@NewcastleJetsFC #HAL #foxfootball

Heskey & Zadkovich together? They better hang up some netting behind the goals for the sake of the crowd.

Still gotta pass a medical... 

 Wanderers in running for Ballack.

 So Del Peirro, Ballack, Heskey, Flores.... Wow so much for Kewell

Would be mint to see Ballack in the A-league...If only this was done before the Christchurch game.

WS Wanderers NEWS ?@WSWFCNews

Apparently the #aleague have changed the rules. Foreign MQ is outside Visa spots (via @lesmurraySBS) #GoWanderers #aleague

The changing of the foreign rule for ballack is rediculous. Apparently he is eligble for Ausy residency.

If they did change the rule - that is completely f*king up everything for all the clubs who have 23 players already. Brisbane could potentially sign another foreigner if this rule does change

Who cares - seriously do what you need to get these players down here

 Who cares? May as well let teams breach the salary cap then.

If they want Ballack, they shouldn't have signed 5 foreigners already. It's as simple as that.

They fixed the rule that allowed injury replacements to be more than who they replace.

I would be shocked if the FFA has changed the visa rules for the international marquee. That would need the PFA to agree with it, and I haven't seen them moan about anything like that.

In the Daily Telegraph article they are claiming that the rest of the A-League clubs gave dispensation to Wanderers to allow them to sign more than the 5 visa players in June.  So it's not an actual rule change.

The biggest issue I can see is the FFA using A-League cash to fund their own team.  That sounds like a proper rort that the owners would get pretty pissed off about, I assume they'd have to find a way to pay for it from sponsorship or something else.

Are you guys not excited about this?  I'm in bloody England and have the premier league down the road and I'm excited!

 I wouldn't mind Marquees being outside the foreign limit if it means we get more quality players into the league

 Although that is one less spot for a local

RR - I think that's exactly what's happened.  Maybe they've realised what is possible in terms of quality - I mean Ballack and ADP are significantly above what else has been floated around marquee names

I would love to see Ballack - but it seems rediculous that the rules can be broken by an FFA owned team. But not unexpected.

There was also a big deal made that Bling could only sign ADP because they manage to release Moriasu 

Maybe there should be a dispensation for a superstar marquee where if he truly is a huge name with huge pedigree then thats okay. But there defintiely shouldnt be rules that only apply for certain teams.

If I was the nix, Id be pretty pissed if they can do this deal but our league game cant be shifted

One rule for some, another for others. 

There is also talk that Hyundai and Fox have biffed money in to pay some of these salaries.  Way to keep a level playing field FFA.

http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/news/1121170/Van-Dijk-to-exit-Adelaide/?_nocache=1

Serg on the way out...

It has been a long saga, they have been trying to get a big transfer fee for him all off season. Adelaide would have had plenty of time to line up targets to replace him and will have a decent chunk to spend on one. I must say it is a shame, he is a quality A-League player and really is too good to be playing in Indonesia.

 An interesting comment in there from a Sydney supporter (typically cant spell either name, too hard for him)

"As a SFC fan there have always two strikers we love to hate, Van Dijik and Ifil. No matter how well your team may be playing these guys can create something from nothing. Best of luck, would like to see you in the Indonesian national team."

I love how the main newspaper in Adelaide is called the advertiser!

Rules havent changed

The former Chelsea and Bayern Munich midfielder would not have been eligible for a marquee contract with the Wanderers as all five foreign player spots were already filled, but Football Federation Australia confirmed yesterday he would have been able to join as a guest player for up to 10 games.

Heskey deal pretty much all sewn up now.

Good morning... we have good news for your Friday! It's official, Emile Heskey has signed with the Jets: http://bit.ly/UlCfNi #heskeyajet

 major announcement coming soon with Wanderers, Ballack on the way for sure

Or this?

http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/wswanderersfc/news-display/LOCAL-JUNIOR-MICHAEL-BEAUCHAMP-NAMED-AS-WANDERERS-INAUGURAL-CLUB-CAPTAIN/49303

 They announced Beauchamp as captain at the press conference they had @ 2pm Sydney time. Or have they called another for today?

OK Beauchamp captain, that's it ??

That's it....

Shinji Ono - the latest to be linked with West Sydney marquee role.  Interesting, the World Game are going hard with their story of Ballack deal being done.  Sydney Morning Herald sticking with the line that they are not interested.

Would suggest that Ono is more likely at this point - and, to me, would be the better signing anyway.