Sydney FC are set to sign Polish striker Patryk Klimala on a season-long loan from Śląsk Wrocław. The Ekstraklasa have been looking to part ways with the 26-year-old for months due to his high salary and poor performance last season. [@weszlocom]https://t.co/zZz7bs0Hhr
Looks like CCM have landed Trent Sainsbury, that is massive.
He's 32 now, and his last game for the Socceroos was almost exactly 2 years, when him and Degenek, struggled to contain Wood - despite basically double teaming him - as the All Whites lost 1-0 to a Mabil solo effort. Was at the game in Brisbane. Arnie then not picking Sainsbury for the Qatar WC (or since), despite playing most of the qualifiers leading in.
Been playing in the Qatari league the last 2 years. But yeah he'd likely still be a quality CB in the ALM, if fit. Nice pickup for the Mariners with Hall gone to AFC.
Sydney FC are set to sign Polish striker Patryk Klimala on a season-long loan from Śląsk Wrocław. The Ekstraklasa have been looking to part ways with the 26-year-old for months due to his high salary and poor performance last season. [@weszlocom]https://t.co/zZz7bs0Hhr
Polish striker Patryk Klimala has rejected an offer from Sydney FC — despite an agreement being reached between the Sky Blues and Śląsk Wrocław. This has been confirmed by the player, who does not want to move to Australia. [@Piotr_Janas]
Sydney FC are set to sign Polish striker Patryk Klimala on a season-long loan from Śląsk Wrocław. The Ekstraklasa have been looking to part ways with the 26-year-old for months due to his high salary and poor performance last season. [@weszlocom]https://t.co/zZz7bs0Hhr
Polish striker Patryk Klimala has rejected an offer from Sydney FC — despite an agreement being reached between the Sky Blues and Śląsk Wrocław. This has been confirmed by the player, who does not want to move to Australia. [@Piotr_Janas]
To be fair, Wroclaw is a beautiful city, probably costs about half as much to live compared to Sydney, and everyone already speaks his language. I think I'd do the same tbh 😂
I love this, always great to see when a big player comes home. Obviously he's older and might be half cooked, but it's good for the league - even just for the nostalgia alone of the era of his first stint, when the league as a whole looked a lot more bright and healthy
This is a terrible sauce but I'm gonna post it cuz it is a classic A-League signing if it happens to be him.
EXCLUSIVE: Sydney FC are in negotiations with Douglas Costa. The club are hoping to continue talks and work their way to an agreement in the next 48 hours. Costa has been a free agent since leaving Fluminense and is keen on joining Sydney 👀🇦🇺#sydneyfc#aleague#douglascostapic.twitter.com/X2qTXC1oCi
Marcus Younis is likely to be on his way from WSW. Was hoping the Dons were going to win the race, but sounds like it's going to be PSV via a loan at Hamburg.
He also boasts a huge social media presence, with more than 6 million followers on Instagram, which will bring much-needed exposure to the A-League Men at a critical point in the competition’s juncture - as well as hopefully unlock the support of the city’s sizeable Brazilian community for the Sky Blues.
The key question, as with all such moves for big-name players in the latter part of their careers, will be if Costa can hold up his end of the bargain on the field.
His 22 appearances for Fluminense this year were mostly as a substitute, and he returned just one assist and no goals before deciding to terminate his contract.
“[Costa] is one of the most high-profile footballers to ever play on these shores and the eyes of the football world will be on Sydney FC and the A-League this season,” said Sydney FC chairman Scott Barlow.
“Douglas is a proven winner, and his record of titles in the world’s top leagues is testament to that. This is yet another landmark signing in our club’s history and we welcome Douglas to Australia.”
The Sky Blues have shown a sharper interest in Brazilian talent of late, largely due to the well-connected former midfielder Alexander Baumjohann, who is now their director of player management.
Baumjohann once played in Brazil and helped clinch the signature of Leo Sena, the former Italian Serie A midfielder whose career was derailed by legal issues related to a bout of Covid-19.
The signing of Douglas Costa is an investment made solely by Sydney FC, with the APL not involved in this deal as they had been in previous deals for marquee players. [@thenightlyau]https://t.co/08PadPIL1v
He was on $3,000,000 USD in the MLS, although I'm sure he's cheaper as he didn't perform it's still a big investment by Sydney and if he goes well a sugar hit that the A-League needs.
They might be spending on that one player what some teams spend on their entire squads with the A-League salary cap minimum being around $1,500,000 USD.
The comments from Brazilians on instagram aren't exactly positive, one guy even said "coitado desse time..." or "that poor team"
tbh even if he's washed I can't see him being so bad he's a detriment to Sydney but then again we're thinking of the fans and attention this could bring in and not just his skill as a player.
Big signing, I thought we'd seen the last of these sort of old marquee signings a few years ago when Nani and Charlie Austin didn't work out.
I feel like marquee wingers are a bit of a hard one - before Nani did his ACL he seemed to make some good plays for Victory but it usually amounted to nothing as they had no one else that could take advantage of what he created.
It'll definitely be interesting to see how he goes and see how dedicated he is. If he can show glimpses of his best it'll be an exciting watch - so long as he has no form whatsoever against the Nix
Ufuk Talay has confirmed that Sydney FC are close to finalising the loan signing of Polish striker Patryk Klimala from Sląsk Wrocław. Talay said the 26-year-old is in the age bracket that Sydney want to boost its squad. [nca]https://t.co/TOcYEkPn3J
The Central Coast Mariners can confirm the departure of Dylan Wenzel-Halls, with the 26-year-old leaving the club to pursue overseas footballing opportunities.
Ufuk Talay has confirmed that Sydney FC are close to finalising the loan signing of Polish striker Patryk Klimala from Sląsk Wrocław. Talay said the 26-year-old is in the age bracket that Sydney want to boost its squad. [nca]https://t.co/TOcYEkPn3J
From Wikipedia: " De Silva joined new A-League Men side Macarthur FC in July 2021 on a two-year contract.[16] He left Macarthur at the expiry of his contract in June 2023 to pursue overseas opportunities.[17] However, he re-joined Macarthur in July 2023 after a brief period as a free agent, following further discussions with Macarthur coach Mile Sterjovski.[18] Once again, at the conclusion of that season, De Silva left Macarthur at the expiry of his contract,[19] and then after 3 months as a free agent re-joined the club once again.[20] This was the second off-season in a row that De Silva was released by the club to seek other opportunities, only to re-join the club. "
That is a ton of cash to turn down. Wonder if they try and sell him with a season long loan back to them. They are chasing 1 more Aussie CB atm, trying to find 2 would be rather hard.
