Dont want to get my source at the club into trouble but a bit of juicy transfer news that no media know about yet...
An offer of 1.5 million has been made to the club for Devere and the club has accepted...
I dont think personal terms have been agreed yet and I wasnt told the club but must be a decent sized one....I am thinking still in Asia though.

Anyway...will let you know more as it develops, just keep it a little quiet

guys

i have this secret that i will put on a public, open forum now.

but don't tell anyone.

Hahaha pretty much right...I figured this being an Australian website and not really traceable to Korea it could be of interest to people on this forum.

If that's true then hopefully still in Korea or Japan if within Asia like you say. Don't need any more Australian centerbacks in the middle east, we already have three.

Just perhaps the number of Aussie centerbacks in the Gulf is indicative of the rising standards there - and perhaps playing against the standard of striker now in those leagues will actually be good for said Aussie defenders... Perhaps.

Europe hopefully

Rumour mill


Hopefully he goes to Europe

Europe. Europe. Europe. Europe. Europe. Europe. [-o<

Middle East. But hopefully Europe.

Gonna take a guess and say it'll be a J-League club.

These top K-League clubs dont have an Asian player currently;
FC Seoul, Jeonbuk Motors, Pohang Steelers

I dont think he will go to Pohang as they already have a Serbian defender...Seoul could be a good possibility as while they have a Brazilian defender he is due to retire at the end of the season
Jeonbuk is probably out as well as in the last couple of days they are being linked to a Uzbek midfielder.

I would say he is headed for China or Japan.

I would've said China too, but I'm quite sure their transfer window is now shut.

$300m 12 month deal at Al-petrodollars fc

Japan it is then....

I highly doubt he'd go there, but if we're speculating over Asian Leagues, the Uzbek and Azeri Leagues I've heard are a bit cashed up. Central Asian Petrol Dollars. etc;

Perhaps your very strong sarcasm is a bit premature.
The average attacking opponents they will come up against in Qatar or UAE are still not anywhere near Korean or Japanese level. As if that's all that matters anyway.
In my opinion training programs and quality of coaching plays a bigger part since this occupies alot more of their time than the handful of league games they play and is more focused on improving or maintaining their level of play. Not something Qatar is renound for.
I'm sure the Qatari and UAE leagues are improving in all facets due to the amount of money being poured in, but it's just not there yet.

I've heard of this rumour about 4-5 weeks ago and seems like it could be happened shortly..

FC Seoul has got Argentine-Japanese Centre Back.
http://sports.news.nate.com/view/20120717n04928?mid=s0301

I can 100 percent confirm he is leaving....there is a buyout clause in his contract of 1.5 million and somebody wants to pay it.

However the chief scout of the team is in Australia right now and wont release him until they get another Aussie in........so expect another A league defender in Korea at Gyeongnam soonish.

Then what about this Aussie transition?

Luke from Gyeongnam to Jeonbuk and,
Alex Wilkinson will fill up the gap in Gyeongnam.

Sergio Escudero is a naturalized Japanese. He is a Spanish who moved to Japan at a very young age. Also he is a attacking mid/forward not a CB.

kingkenny, you can be sure this won't happen now with Wilkinson signing for Jeonbuk...I heard the offer has been approved, but it is contingent on Gyeongnam finding a replacement first. Once that happens there will be some movement.

What A-league defender (Australian I presume) would they replace him with?? Anyone care to speculate

Who knows...are there are any decent ones left???

Jurman seems to fit the bill - tall centre back....not too sure if consistency was a scouting factor :P

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I know a lot of people think they are rubbish, but Topor-Stanley/Beauchamp maybe?

will be interesting to see where he ends up

dont rate NTS at all but hes off contract right now i presume, would be a good cheap option i guess

NTS is at the Unicorns. Was one of their first signings.