In a massive coup for Sydney FC they've signed a player with 13 million followers on Social media. And list it at the start of their announcement. 

Couldnt find any recent goal scoring info or match stats from them, but who cares when you tik tok like that 

https://sydneyfc.com/news/sydney-fc-sign-world-football-star-in-huge-coup-for-a-league/

Millions of followers.

Case closed!

Looks it's a big signing I don't know how he'll go on the pitch but it's something we should all be excited about 

HAHAHAHAAHYAHAH  maybe he can invent a new dance craze or something.... I mean a 34 year old winger that has scored 12 goals in the past 5 years is certainly someone the world will be watching..... HHAHAAHAHAHAH

Decent about 8 years ago. Apparently flopped at LA. Good luck to him but you'll see him spending more time down the beach than on the pitch. 

true, there's a good number of his country folk in East Syd hanging at Bondi, maybe he saw all of it on tik toki and thought I'm in.
Yep lost it some time ago but he sure should be above dribbling by quite a few of the APL backs in between zumba zumba sessions on the bondi promanade for training.
Maybe a surf as well.

"set to illuminate the A-League for the next two seasons, like no one before him. "

" the eyes of the football world will be on Sydney FC and the A-League this season"

"With over 13 million followers worldwide, the 33-year-old has a larger social media presence than Sam Kerr, Pat Cummins, Nick Kyrgios, Ben Simmons, Reece Walsh, Dustin Martin and Alexander Volkanovski, with only Australian sports stars such as cricketer David Warner and Formula One driver Daniel Riccardo having a comparable online status." 

Shit he is bigger than Reece Walsh? ummmm.... wtf is a Reece Walsh? hahahahahaha

Surely Sydney FC fans would be cringing that paragraph is in there.

Now c’mon Mono you know it’s good for the SFC franchise model 😆 congrats to Hellas btw. That 3rd goal. Bloody brilliant 

I mean he's no Dusty Martin... HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA    Cheers, Marcos goal was indeed a belter :)

and what, this one is enough? lol

" the eyes of the football world will be on Sydney FC and the A-League this season"

shorter season probably would suit him

brazilian players have a habit of burning out and peaking early in their careers. Hopefully see some decent games from him

Why stop there?

Reece Walsh, Dustin Martin and Alexander Volkanovski,

Never heard of any of them and therefore happy to remain ignorant.

Bit of a overkill of the anti a league sentiment on here I prefer a more balanced view 

have to go to multiple forums to get a balanced view these days (or any days in oz football!)

I don't think this one has much anti a-league sentiment to be fair. I mean the bloke is 34 in a few weeks and literally is past it. 

I really hope he can't beat any of the young Aussie full backs he comes up against and further proves the growing level of the a-league.

His last few seasons have been poor. Picking him as a lemon. 

We're all shit. 

Old ethnic clubs, new clubs, old franchise like Melbourne Croatia and new ones like Western United.

We're all crap.

It’s a risk but it could be an exciting addition to the league, he’s had he’s injury issues but the quality is still here.

I think I am balanced but that PR release is embarrassing. Call a spade a spade. It actually devalues football in Australia when they release things like this. 

What do you mean mate? 

I think he means we dont have anywhere near the immense tik tok power of someone like Dougie....

Practice what you preach mate... Getting "excited" over a 34 year old, barely remembered Brazilian is pretty lame. And then talking about 140 million in transfer fees when he was released by Gremio a few weeks ago and signed for nothing is cringier still... 

I'll reserve judgement until he actually kicks a competitive ball. However, wouldn't be at all surprised if this ends up being another Sturridge situation.
Statistically we can pretty much rule out SFC from winning any silverware next season. Whenever an A-League club signs a 'big' marquee, they always fall flat when it comes to results. I wonder if this signing was forced onto Talay as the clubs try to get more people/money through the gates. Could be wrong, but it doesn't seem like the type of signing Talay would be seeking out.

Would be excited if a headline appeared that ‘A league club signs player with years of Top 5 European league experience’ or something really substantial along those lines. I couldn’t care less about social media followers numbers?! I care about some proven quality players entering the AL instead 

this,
Talk about chicken before the egg.
Play it low key and let the performance on the park speak, yer put it out there but......

From the couch he sure should have the skillset to beat most of the fullbacks he's going to face compared to what he's faced over his career, 34yrs you still should be able to play a game no worries with his so called over hyped pedigree.

He ain't no 39yr old ADP level thats for sure.

tsf's post is spot on, why is most of our football press release's so cringe, makes us look desparate for headlines.

Yes, he could turn out to be an effective player. And I am not criticizing him.

But judging by that press release they've signed Messi meets Taylor Swift...

Maybe Sydney thought they where signing the other Costa from Gremio and it all just got lost in translation? hAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH