Djeparov was after a move here, it would be worth it just to see the Uzbek fans.

Apparently back in 2012 we were looking to sign their Right Back. Can't remember his name now but he didn't want to come because we're too far away and he thought it'd hurt his national team chances as a result.

Yeah wow...

I can't believe they've left behind probably their two best ever players...

Whilst we may not get the "big name" players playing in this tournament it will certainly open the eyes of A-League recruiters to the talent pool available in those countries

What are the chances of signing a couple of Uzbek players. I know Bunyodkor are loaded but I really would love Sardor Rashidov.

Yep. They had four players who played in south korea and tae se is the latest one. Weird thing is their are a lot of koreans in Japan who are south koreans but say their north koreans for some strange reason

you're dreaming if you think any of these gulf countries stars will come to the A-league:lol: :lol:

I dare say we'll see an influx of Asian players who played in this Asian Cup report for duty in the a-League in transfer windows to come.

This is the reason. Money wont but you a World Cup.

Ah, that's why they didn't pick him. I guess that does make sense, in a North Korean kinda way!

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if the tae se jong was selected I would've said him , but since best korea will never pick him again due to the fact he is playing in South korea

they have some new academy and are keen to show off the talents from said academy apparently.. they are wanting to build a generation of players in time for them when they host the world cup..

Omar Abdulrahman, what a freak.

Iran: no. 20 Sardar Azmourn (probably not possible with links to big european clubs) that kid is incredible, brilliant touch speed all his shots were on target and going in if it wasn't a last ditch defender diving at the ball. Really good in the air.
no. 13 Vahid amiri runs all day created a lot, defended extreamly well.

Obviously Ashkan dejagah, iran lifted when he came on and good set piece taker.
Pretty much any of the euro develop iranian are quality.

UAE: OMAR ABDULRAHMAN!!!
also like ahmed khalil, did realised he is only 23.....

I don't think my list is realistic at all.....

Why aren't Sebastian Quintana and Fabio Cesar here with Qatar? Both fantastic players, even if Cesar is 35.

Omar Abdulrahman is a freak.

Amiri, 13 LM for Iran. Huge engine, great pace and touch.

pretty sure he is in the bundesliga. He was at fulham iirc
correction he is now in Qatar

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Liverpool and a couple of teams in the Eredivisie are.

No-one interested in any of the Socceroos ?

Omar Abdulrahman is a star, IMHO has been the player of the tournament so far.

The last part is more true than the first part. The HAL is actually one of the highest paid leagues on average in Asia. It is behind the likes of Japan, China, Korea and a couple of the middle east nations but after that we are up there.

You mention Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand. The reason they do not come is because our players here are generally better.

Average Salary for a footballer in the Indonesian Premier League is around $50,000 AUD [National average is $6,000 AUD],
Average salary in the Thai Premier League is around $45,000 AUD [National Average is $12,000 AUD]
Malaysian Premier League Average Salary is around $55,000 AUD.

HAL Average Salary = Over $100,000 AUD not including Marquee players

So obviously players earn more on average in the HAL, of course disposable income and tax has to come into play here, but on a payment basis players earn a lot more here.

Not so unrealistic as you think:

He reminds me of Lloyd Owusu.

Nothing wrong with it, just don't think its going to happen. We have been in this situation numerous times before ever since the 2007 Asia Cup when we were saying that teams should be looking at Indo, Malaysian, and Thai players and I can only remember Sukah ever actually coming over and playing for MV.

Most of the players in Asia are on much higher $$ than in Australia so it's not the most attractive move to come here.

Having said that, not sure how keen A-league clubs have been in chasing these guys signatures.

What's wrong with that? Some imports have come here saying exactly this.

Jaycee John Okwunwanne.
I reckon he would be a gun.

Keep dreaming folks, the only way any Asian national team player worth their salt will want to come to the A-league is to learn English and adapt to a more anglo lifestyle in the pursuit of playing in Europe one day.

Cannot compete with any league for $$$

Son Heung-min from South Korea.

#daretodream #believe

Interesting China didn't call up the player who just signed for Wolfsburg. Most of these Chinese players will never leave China. There have been many interesting players in this tournament. If they fancy the change to Australia, why not?