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Posted January 27, 2008 08:38 · last edited March 18, 2021 07:44

[QUOTE=el grapadura]I wonder if Ricky should look at signing Milan Rapaic, a former Croatian international. He's currently without a club, and looking to sign for someone. His best years are clearly behind him, but in his day he's played for Hajduk, Perugia, Fenerbahce,Ancona and Standard Liege, played Champions League games, and has 52 appearences for Croatia. His most famous moment was probably scoring against Italy in the 2002 World Cup, a game which Croatia won 2-1.
He wouldn't be good enough for marquee status, but seems desperate to play, so he shouldn't cost much...

More background on this link (in Croatian though, tried to find an English translation but couldn't):

https://hr.nogonet.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4171&Itemid=36[/QUOTE]
 
You make a good point el grapadura.  The club needs to think laterally about recruiting imports/marquee players.  There are some excellent players out there who may be 'over the hill' in terms of European football but still have 2 or 3 years of excellent football left in them in a competition like the A-League.  And there will be players out there outside the European/UK powerhouses who would be huge assets to the Phoenix and the A-League.  I guess it's up to Ricki and Tony P to identify them.

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[QUOTE=el grapadura]I wonder if Ricky should look at signing Milan Rapaic, a former Croatian international. He's currently without a club, and looking to sign for someone. His best years are clearly behind him, but in his day he's played for Hajduk, Perugia, Fenerbahce,Ancona and Standard Liege, played Champions League games, and has 52 appearences for Croatia. His most famous moment was probably scoring against Italy in the 2002 World Cup, a game which Croatia won 2-1.
He wouldn't be good enough for marquee status, but seems desperate to play, so he shouldn't cost much...

More background on this link (in Croatian though, tried to find an English translation but couldn't):

http://hr.nogonet.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4171&Itemid=36[/QUOTE]

 
You make a good point el grapadura.  The club needs to think laterally about recruiting imports/marquee players.  There are some excellent players out there who may be 'over the hill' in terms of European football but still have 2 or 3 years of excellent football left in them in a competition like the A-League.  And there will be players out there outside the European/UK powerhouses who would be huge assets to the Phoenix and the A-League.  I guess it's up to Ricki and Tony P to identify them.