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There is always a last-minute move before the European transfer window slams shut at the end of
August but the latest deal to be made involving a South Korean star came so late that it will
actually take place at the start of 2010.
Ki Sung-yong has signed for Scotland titans Glasgow Celtic but will join the team next January.
Aidan Ormond
On-loan Perth Glory striker Matt Mayora is set to sign with Indonesian side Persipura Jayapura, a
club which has qualified for the 2010 Asian Champions League.
Mayora, 23, jets out to Jakarta on Wednesday for a medical with the club and has a one-year
contract on the table.
A burning sense of injustice could spur on South Korea's two teams remaining in the Asian Champions
League. In the first leg of their respective quarter finals, both Pohang Steelers and FC Seoul
suffered defeats on their travels to Uzbekistan and Qatar respectively.
The K-League clubs have a chance to right the perceived wrongs on Wednesday evening in the second
leg of their encounters.
Kawasaki Frontale were left kicking themselves after they went down 2-0 to Urawa Reds in
front of a capacity crowd at Todoroki Stadium in the J. League last weekend.
That defeat was a further blow to the Kanagawa side's chances of winning a first ever J. League
title, but for now coach Takashi Sekizuka will turn his attentions to the Asian Champions
League.
