Billy Celeski has quit Perth and returned home to play for MVFC and is eligible for ACL, Adrian Caceres was signed by Mariners but at this stage it looks like he'll play ACL for Vicotry.

ummmm mark bridge and simon colossimo are coming to sydney

isn't ognenovski leaving qld?

To Adelaide reportedly.

i also heard clubs in france are interested in reinaldo.
true?

Eh could be. I think I saw an article titled with Reinaldo being scouted by French clubs but didn't read it.

can yo tell me did michael bridges score any goals for Sydney...is there any irish players playing over there

Yeah we have the 2004 northern irish u-21 cpatain Terry McFlynn at sydney and bridges scored 2 goals in limited oppurtunities really.

Other transfer stuff is that mass murdocca and robbie kruse are going to FC Twente whilst Reinaldo looks to be departing so farina wants to sign dez giraldi. MVFC want to sign Stefan Moore formerly of villa and QPR (dumb idea,waste of time) and david zdrillic was talking of coming to melbourne but that won't happen.

is it agood league.whats that chaps name that scored like 4 goals in the grand final last year.he still playing over there.how juninho doing

Any one know if Newie are trying to get a hold of Ryan Griffiths?

Archie Thompson.

And Juninho is finished with Sydney unless they re-sign him (I think it was only for this season). Sydney got knocked out of the finals - Juninho didn't play, suffered an injury earlier in the week at training.

Talay leaves Sydney's shores



A-League site.

Stve O'Dor left Wellington to pursue lagal and commerce degrees at uni and has signed for south melbourne hellas in the vpl.

John Aloisi signed with Sydney.. so he will partner bridge up front im guessing?

A few updates from the Jets...

In - Zadkovich (agreed in principle)

Out - Bridge and Musiliak (Sydney), Durante and Hearfield (Wellington), Laybutt and Eagleton (released).

Rumoured signings - Adrian Madaschi (Italy), Ryan Griffiths (Romania/China).

out:
Adelaide - Genclerbirligi: Djite

Apparently Joe Keenan from Melbourne will be trialling with the Jets in a couple of days time.

Jets have signed Patafta. He played in a trial the other night and was the standout. Very good touches and quick feet with good vision.

Here is Nathan Burns with his AEK Athens strip after moving from Adelaide.

Update - A-League.com is source

Adelaide United

Re-signed – Lucas Pantelis (2 years), Michael Valkanis (1 year), Angelo Costanzo (1 year), Daniel Beltrame (1 year), Kristian Sarkies (2 years), Fabian Barbiero (1 year)

In – Daniel Mullen (1 year), Sasa Ognenovski (Queensland Roar), Cristiano (2 years - Willem II, Holland), Alameo (2 years - CA Juventus, Brazil), Mark Birighitti (AIS), Scott Jamieson (Bolton Wanderers, England)

Out – Bobby Petta (released at completion of contract), Dez Giraldi (released - after AFC Champions League), Robbie Bajic (released), Shaun Ontong (Newcastle Jets), Milan Susak (released), Nathan Burns (AEK Athens, Greece), Bruce Djite (Genclerbirligi, Turkey)

Central Coast Mariners

Re-signed – Nigel Boogaard (2 years), John Hutchinson (2 years), Mile Jedinak (2 years), Brad Porter (2 years), Matt Simon (2 years)

In – Adrian Caceres (Melbourne Victory), Ahmad Elrich (Wellington Phoenix), Dylan Macallister (FC Lyn, Norway), David D'Apuzzo (APIA Leichhardt, NSW)

Out – Tom Pondeljak (Melbourne Victory), John Aloisi (Sydney FC), Adam Kwasnik (Wellington Phoenix)

Melbourne Victory

Re-signed - Daniel Vasilevski (2 years), Stephen Pace (2 years), Nick Ward (1 year)

In – Nathan Elasi (6 months – AFC Champions League only), Billy Celeski (Perth Glory), Tom Pondeljak (Central Coast Mariners), Michael Thwaite (on loan from Brann Bergen, Norway), Ney Fabiano De Oliveira (Chonburi FC, Thailand)

Out – Adrian Caceres (Central Coast Mariners), Ljubo Milicevic (released), Daniel Piorkowski (released), Kaz Patafta (Newcastle Jets)

Newcastle Jets

Re-signed - Tarek Elrich (2 years), Adam D'Apuzzo (2 years), Ben Kennedy (2 years)

In – Jason Naidovski (2 years - AIS), Shaun Ontong (2 years - Adelaide United), Kaz Patafta (Melbourne Victory), Ben Kantarovski (NNSW)

Out – Andrew Durante (Wellington Phoenix), Mark Bridge (Sydney FC), Mario Jardel (released), Jorge Drovandi (released), Steve Eagleton (retired), Scott Tunbridge (released), Denni (released), Stuart Musialik (Sydney FC), Troy Hearfield (Wellington Phoenix), Paul Kohler (released)

Perth Glory

Re-signed – Jamie Harnwell (2 years), Jamie Coyne (2 years), James Robinson (1 year), David Tarka (1 year), Jimmy Downey (2 years), Naum Sekulovski (1 year)

In – Eugene Dadi (1 year, Hapoel Acre, Israel), Josip Magdic (Floreat Athena, WA), Frank Juric (Hannover 96, Germany), Hayden Doyle (Niki Volou, Greece), Adriano Pellegrino (Metro Stars, SA), Mark Lee (from short-term contract), Adrian Trinidad

Out – Simon Colosimo (Sydney FC), Leo Bertos (Wellington Phoenix), Billy Celeski (Melbourne Victory), Stan Lazaridis (released), Mitchell Prentice (Sydney FC)

Queensland Roar

Re-signed - Josh McCloughan (2 years), Griffin McMaster (2 years)

In – Tim Smits (Rochedale Rovers - QLD, 2 years), David Dodd (Palm Beach - QLD, 2 years), Luke DeVere (AIS), Isaka Cernak (AIS), Thomas Oar (QAS), Sergio van Dijk (FC Emmen, Holland)

Out – Sasa Ognenovski (Adelaide United), Reinaldo (Busan I'Park, Korea Republic), Simon Lynch (released), Marcinho (released)

Sydney FC

Re-signed -

In – Simon Colosimo (Perth Glory), John Aloisi (Central Coast Mariners), Mark Bridge (Newcastle Jets), Stuart Musialik (Newcastle Jets), Chris Payne (2 years - Manly United, NSW), Mitchell Prentice (Perth Glory)

Out – Mark Rudan (Avispa Fukuoka, Japan), Ufuk Talay (Avispa Fukuoka, Japan), David Zdrilic (released), Ruben Zadkovich (Derby County, England), Patrick (released), Ben Vidaic (released), Mark Milligan (released)

On-Loan - Adam Biddle (to Blacktown City, NSW), Ivan Necevski (to Blacktown City, NSW), Nick Tsattlios (to Penrith-Nepean, NSW)

Wellington Phoenix

Re-signed – Vince Lia (2 years)

In – Leo Bertos (2 years - Perth Glory), Andrew Durante (2 years - Newcastle Jets), Jon McKain (2 years - from Politechnica Timisoara, Romania*), Leilei Gao (MyPa, Finland), Troy Hearfield (2 years - Newcastle Jets), Ben Sigmund (1 year - Auckland City, NZ), Adam Kwasnik (Central Coast Mariners)

Out – Steven O’Dor (released), Cleberson (released), George Paladini (released), Ahmad Elrich (Central Coast Mariners), Felipe (released), Kristian Rees (short-term player, released), Jacob Spoonley (released), Steven Old (Macarthur Rams, NSW Premier League)

Former Brazilian international midfielder Amaral has signed with Australian A-League club Perth Glory for next season, the club said Sunday.

Amaral, who played 31 times for Brazil between 1995 and 1996, brings a wealth of playing experience to the West Australian club having played with Brazilian giants Palmeiras and Corinthians, Portugal's Benfica and Italian Serie A outfits Parma and Fiorentina.

The defensive midfielder, who won a bronze medal playing for Brazil at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, recently joined Perth Glory on their pre-season tour of Indonesia and made a positive impression on coach Dave Mitchell.

"Amaral is a wonderful footballer, he's the type of player we've been missing in the last couple of seasons," Mitchell said in a statement. "His interplay with the rest of the team after just a short time is outstanding and all the lads have taken to him straight away and can see that he is a special player.

"He will be a terrific addition to the squad and Glory fans will definitely enjoy watching him play."

The Brazilian joins Glory's other international recruits including Argentine attacking midfielder Adrian Trinidad, Cτte d'Ivoire striker Eugene Dadi and Australian goalkeeper Frank Juric, who is returning home after a decade in the German Bundesliga.


Euguene Dadi was a class act for Aberdeen

Jets tonight have signed Antun (or Ante) Kovacic to a two year deal

Gumprecht and Osman have re-signed with the Mariners. Gumps was training with us and looking to sign on an injury waiver but he went back down the Coast.

He would have been a decent player for you guys. Who has fileld the void left by Musiliak in midfield and Bridges in the attack?

Mariners have mark bosnich on trial

Heard about that. Mark Bosnich will be wonderful, granted only a few years left back in the tank but I really hope for his sake and Australian football's he can get back on the path to success. He has come along way since the cocaine incident.

Me and mariners have parted company.

Goodbye section