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Rostyn Griffiths Rostyn Griffiths has taken what is likely to be a significant pay cut to return to the A-League with his hometown club Perth Glory.

Massimo Luongo Australia will be expected to claim the AFC men's Team of the Year award for 2015 after lifting the Asian Cup on home soil in January.

CSL Shanghai Shenxin started the Chinese Super League season with a derby defeat and face another clash with local rivals on Sunday.

Guangzhou Guangzhou Evergrande can all but seal the Chinese Super League title on Saturday as Beijing Guoan continue their unlikely chase.

Shanghai East Asia In-form Shanghai SIPG will be out for revenge when CSL leaders Guangzhou Evergrande visit Shanghai Stadium on Saturday.

Marcello Lippi Marcello Lippi feels the FIFA Club World Cup would be a better tournament if it was restricted to the champions of Europe and South America.

Alessandro Diamanti Alessandro Diamanti's time at Watford is over after the Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao forward joined Atalanta on loan.

Neymar Barcelona full-back Jordi Alba is confident the European champions can see off Guangzhou Evergrande despite the absence of striker Neymar.

CSL Guangzhou Evergrande edged closer to successfully defending their Chinese Super League title with a 2-1 win over Shanghai Shenhua on Friday.

Timothy Cahill European football's deadline day party was crashed by China's big money, but this was no surprise to former CSL players and coaches.