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No Coyne for Sydney, Surgeon cut
Feb 22. (A.A) - Sydney FC failed to add Perth's Jamie Coyne to their Asian Champions League roster and cut 'The Surgeon' Juho Makela on an eventful day for the A-League club.
Needing to finalise their ACL roster on Tuesday ahead of next week's first ACL match against Suwon Bluewings, coach Vitezslav Lavicka had hoped to secure Glory defender Coyne on a loan deal.
But the deal couldn't be done, with the Czech-born coach having to be satisfied with the additions of North Queensland striker David Williams and Wellington defender Andrew Durante as short term signings for the campaign.
Lavicka also had to drop one overseas-born player from his ACL squad to comply with foreign player rules, opting to cut Finnish striker Makela in favour of captain Terry McFlynn, Bruno Cazarine and Stephan Keller.
"We have to cut a bit, it's cruel for the players but that's football," Lavicka told reporters before the club announced the decision.
On a dramatic day for the club, chief executive Edwin Lugt revealed he would quit the club at the end of the ACL group campaign in May while former Socceroos defender Hayden Foxe announced his immediate retirement.
Lavicka expected both Williams and Durante to play some part in a practice match against Sydney United on Wednesday.
Williams said his immediate priority was focusing on Sydney, though he was keeping "a close ear" on Fury's situation as they battled to find the funds to continue competing in the A-League.
If Fury do fold, Williams, who has played for Danish club Brondby, said he would prefer to play overseas rather than remain in the A-League.
"The pinnacle isn't in Australia, I think it's overseas in the top leagues and anyone football-minded could agree with me," Williams told reporters in Sydney on Tuesday.
"To get overseas would be another dream come true and I'm still working towards that."
Williams' signature helps Lavicka fill the void left by the controversial departure of star forward Alex Brosque to Japanese club Shimizu S-Pulse.
"David Williams is a similar quality type of player like Alex was," Lavicka said.
"I think he's good value for us.
"We've also signed a good quality defender from Wellington so we are very happy that Durante is coming as well, he is also very experienced and a good quality defending player."
Despite missing the A-League finals, Sydney will head into next Wednesday's ACL opener at the Sydney Football Stadium on the back of an eight-match unbeaten streak.
"I'm by nature an optimistic person," Lavicka said.
"We had a tough season for A-League this year but I think the last part of it we improved, we played good quality football, we reached good results."
Sydney have released out-of-contract defender Sung Hwan Byun while midfielder Stuart Musialik has had his contracted extended until May.
The Sky Blues failure to land Coyne comes after they also missed out on targets including Nikolai Topor-Stanley, Jade North and Paul Reid.
Needing to finalise their ACL roster on Tuesday ahead of next week's first ACL match against Suwon Bluewings, coach Vitezslav Lavicka had hoped to secure Glory defender Coyne on a loan deal.
But the deal couldn't be done, with the Czech-born coach having to be satisfied with the additions of North Queensland striker David Williams and Wellington defender Andrew Durante as short term signings for the campaign.
Lavicka also had to drop one overseas-born player from his ACL squad to comply with foreign player rules, opting to cut Finnish striker Makela in favour of captain Terry McFlynn, Bruno Cazarine and Stephan Keller.
"We have to cut a bit, it's cruel for the players but that's football," Lavicka told reporters before the club announced the decision.
On a dramatic day for the club, chief executive Edwin Lugt revealed he would quit the club at the end of the ACL group campaign in May while former Socceroos defender Hayden Foxe announced his immediate retirement.
Lavicka expected both Williams and Durante to play some part in a practice match against Sydney United on Wednesday.
Williams said his immediate priority was focusing on Sydney, though he was keeping "a close ear" on Fury's situation as they battled to find the funds to continue competing in the A-League.
If Fury do fold, Williams, who has played for Danish club Brondby, said he would prefer to play overseas rather than remain in the A-League.
"The pinnacle isn't in Australia, I think it's overseas in the top leagues and anyone football-minded could agree with me," Williams told reporters in Sydney on Tuesday.
"To get overseas would be another dream come true and I'm still working towards that."
Williams' signature helps Lavicka fill the void left by the controversial departure of star forward Alex Brosque to Japanese club Shimizu S-Pulse.
"David Williams is a similar quality type of player like Alex was," Lavicka said.
"I think he's good value for us.
"We've also signed a good quality defender from Wellington so we are very happy that Durante is coming as well, he is also very experienced and a good quality defending player."
Despite missing the A-League finals, Sydney will head into next Wednesday's ACL opener at the Sydney Football Stadium on the back of an eight-match unbeaten streak.
"I'm by nature an optimistic person," Lavicka said.
"We had a tough season for A-League this year but I think the last part of it we improved, we played good quality football, we reached good results."
Sydney have released out-of-contract defender Sung Hwan Byun while midfielder Stuart Musialik has had his contracted extended until May.
The Sky Blues failure to land Coyne comes after they also missed out on targets including Nikolai Topor-Stanley, Jade North and Paul Reid.
