A player with 110 international appearances for South Korea, with over a decade at the top levels of European football and fluent English and ties to Australia is available on a free transfer. What should A-League clubs do? Whatever they can.
Ki Sung-yueng is 31 and is perhaps the most comfortable Asian player with the ball at his feet.
The midfielder, who spent some of his teenage years in Brisbane and said once that he would like to return, has left Newcastle United and is looking for a new club.