Looks like we won’t be getting anymore quality Europeans playing as much as we used to.

is this a chance for a league clubs to finally target Asian countries?

When melbourne City had SafuWan Baharudin  from Singapore it was so refreshing and I heard the people in Singapore loved it as well.

So the benefits of getting players from Asian countries 
Are:

Overseas exposure to the league

Communities will get behind the players 

australia

vast untapped and underdeveloped player pool

Exactly what I was going to post.

Serbia - Players are paid peanuts over there so HAL clubs might actually be able to afford them.

Agreed. Good footballers, generally tough. 

We should implement 3+1 and target players from se asia

Local players. Clubs need to cut down costs, give the young local or high end NPL players a chance. It will be good long term for Australian football and the league.

Africa. So much untapped potential, and would be a boom in terms of transfer fees. Adama Traore is a perfect example. Scouted in Africa, became a star in the A-League, and had a good career in Europe. Would also attract increased interest in African communities both here and abroad. 

South East Asia , they will have the most growth in world football and unlike the Chinese they actually give a flying about football.
Should be 100% 3+1 , would also put us onside with the AFC.

Yep, my perfect world would be just scrap the salary cap, and enforce a 3+1 rule inline with the ACL. But that's a discussion for another topic

This x 100

Our own would be a great start....delete this thread. 

There heaps of Africa kids here already just that most of them can't afford to play at the levels that so called scouts watch. 

So you’re saying NO visa players. 

Plenty of decent local based talent who should be promoted to stop the player recycling. I've always wanted to see one or two Central Asian players come. 

Never said that all. Are you comparing the A-League to others around the world? 

I may have misunderstood what you posted then. The Question was which overseas league the A League should target for recruitment to which you replied with words to the effect “none, plenty of local talent”. 

Guess Kim Jong un is alive and well posting on fourfourtwo

Understand. I wouldn't say no visa players but max two. It's time the young boys started to get more time on the park. Why spend years developing at junior level only to have a road block at 18 19. How many visa players we see now that are just shit taking up stops. Might even get the football department to actually do the homework before  signing a os player.

The 3+1 rule is only for the acl.  Also stopping imports will take the league backwards. We have to be diligent about the imports though but saying no imports robs us of the berisha's , broichs, Castro's and the like

Nah, just keep charging $3,000 to play, that'll cast the net wide and let the cream rise to the top, everything will be fine. /s

Yeah the rich cream lol

Good shout.

A club like CCM should really go down this route.

Serbia is a great call. Scandanavians have done well here in recent years. 

Vietnam is about to have a golden generation. Would be great if we could get onto this early and hopefully make some money onselling these players 

As mentioned, nothing like your own backyard ! for starters.
As for where else to source prospective players ? that can be anywhere.
There's no need to pick specific areas/countries, the world is an oyster depending how far your reach is and budgets.

Brazil. COVID is out of control over there due to stupid government decisions. many will be wanting out and we could get them cheap.

Not a bad idea.  Also a decent amount of Brazilian expats in most cities, so they should settle in pretty quickly.