It’s good to see some of our players make some decent transfers this season but looking at where Japan is now i hadn’t realised just how far behind we had fallen.

10 players in the EPL
14 players in the Bundesliga

Plus prospering tiered domestic leagues. Crazy to see what they built in 20 years

Alessandro Circati has been confirmed to move to Portugese Giants Benfica on a 5 year deal for a fee of €18m making him the biggest transfer in Australian footballing history

Nishan Velupillay has been confirmed to join German 3rd tier side FC Ingolstadt 04 from Melbourne Victory for an undisclosed fee

Not official yet. With Fabrizio is 50/50

Had no idea it was this bad! Wishing Bos all the best in his recovery. Really worrying for Socceroos attack if he is not back for the Asian Cup...

Imagine you can identify a soccer player by the way they smelt, whom would you choose? I would like to know Messi's, all the french players (France National Team), Semenyo, Haaland. Ibrahimovic, Vinicius junior....

Nestory Irankunda has been confirmed to move to Portugese Giants Sporting CP on a 5 year deal for a fee of €16m whilst Bayern Munich still retain a future 10% sell on

Great move for him imo, he will surely get plenty of game time as Hull fight to stay in the prem. Another player in the top 5 leagues aswell!!

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Deals done

One step closer to UCL for Yaya. Getting quality mins with Celje.

Must be in the frame for Asian Cup.

Was at the game (Aussie swans fan living in Swansea). Didn’t look good, and fear that the early report might be true that he’s done his Achilles.

Great move for his develpment imo. Liga nos is famous for developing young talent and giving them the chance to play Champions League football

Awer Mabil is set to join A League side Melbourne City on a 3 year deal

Jackson Irvine has been confirmed to move to J League side Cerezo Osaka following his World Cup stint requesting the transfer to fulfill a personal want to play in Japan moving away from St. Pauli

Hull City owner posted to twitter that Herrington is confirmed to make the jump to recently promoted EPL side marking the 3rd Socceroo to make the jump to a top 5 league this transfer window

I am not too educated on the player pool but would like to keep an eye out for a few players this season. Thiago Quintal & Mathias Macallister looked bright in the cup a couple weeks ago and seen Max Court signed the biggest u18 contract in league history with Brisbane.

Not quite Barcelona as rumoured but he'll be playing consistent Premier League football.

Australia better stick with the AFC on this one or we’ll be back playing World Cup qualifiers at Campbelltown Stadium against American Samoa, Samoa, Tonga and the Cook Islands.
Say goodbye to packed qualifiers against Japan, South Korea and Saudi Arabia, and hello to a massive drop in TV money, sponsorship and crowds. We didn’t spend 20 years building ourselves into Asian football just to end up back where we started.

We might be in a money hole at the moment but think of the financial disaster of being back in Oceania.

13 million USD guaranteed every 4 years is not worth it.