Asian clubs are showing increasing interest in Australian players, mainly due to their buying price being so affordable. Korean agent Sung Keun Song who represents many Korean clubs told the Herald that there has been plenty of action of late in regards to clubs enquiring about Australian players, in particular key defenders
"The interest in Australia has increased dramatically and clubs across Asia have been looking at the success of Australian players and wondering how they could get them," Song said.
"Now they can, and A-League players are a lot cheaper than elsewhere because of [the] salary cap. But the money on offer in Japan or Korea - it's often double or triple what they are earning here.
"Clubs are calling me and telling me what type of player they want. I'll look through the A-League and then we'll see if the player wants to go. They nearly always do.
"Japanese clubs are very disciplined and the manager controls everything, and while Koreans are disciplined, it is not the same. It's more like Australia," he said.
"Centre-backs are what they want and also the wing-backs. It started with Jade North going to Incheon, now there's [Sasa] Ognenovski to Seongnam and it will keep going.
"There's very many they like, starting with Iain Fyfe, Rhyan Grant and [Stuart] Musialik from Sydney. They also like Adelaide's [Scott] Jamieson a lot and maybe Jonas Salley," he said.
"Ever since Ognenovski, there has been a big rush to sign Australian players by four Korean clubs in the Champions League [Suwon Bluewings, Pohang Steelers, Seoul and Ulsan Hyundai] who want to stay on top. But soon, all 15 clubs will want one Australian playing in their team."