Aus Rumors

News about everyone's favourite Vieri

1. Former socceroo and younger brother of christian vieri, Max Vieri has signed a 2 year deal with a former combatant of Sydney FC, Persik kediri. Persik are believed to have beated at least two a-league clubs for his signature to boost their misfiring front line

2. Several A-League clubs are courting Nigerian international defender Celestine Babayaro. Without a club after recently falling out with LA Galaxy management, it is believed Wellington, Brisbane and Perth are all looking to sign the 29 year old left sided ex-Chelsea star.

3. Jade North is set to trial with Roda JC. His coach Gary Van Egmond played briefly with the Dutch outfit in the early 90's and has used contacts there to line up a trial for his captain in the near future.

4. Young Costa Rican international Windell Gabriel is set to follow his international teammate Carlos Hernandez to the Melbourne Victory for a trail where he will get the opportunity to play in the game against Adelaide United.Gary Cole yesterday announced that a 'mystery Costa Rican' would trial with the A-league outfit and reports out of Costa Rica suggest that Windell is the man. The tall, powerful striker has also been known to play as an attacking midfielder plays for Hernandez's old club LD Alajuenese.

5. The Newcastle United Jets will next week unveil the signings of two new strikers.These are Rapid Bucuresti's Ryan Griffiths, a former Newcastle player and brother of Jets Winger/Striker Joel and Defender Adam.The other signing is Kilmarnock's Danny Invincible. He has played for the Australian Under 20s on numerous occasions and is looking forward to returning to Australia.These strikers will fill the holes left by Brazillian Mario Jardel and Mark Bridge who both departed EnergyAustralia Stadium at the end of last season.