Melbourne City set to sign Jamie Maclaren, keep unsettled Bruno Fornaroli

The Wellington Phoenix kept Melbourne City in check as they crusied to a 1-0 victory. Australia exited the Asian Cup at the quarter-final stage at the hands of the UAE. Graham Arnold says Australia faces being overtaken by other Asian nations with better-funded football programs. Wantaway striker Bruno Fornaroli appears certain to be marooned at Melbourne City beyond Thursday's transfer deadline with no softening of the A-League club stance towards the Uruguayan. Though Socceroos striker Jamie Maclaren is likely to sign in the next 24 hours and City hopeful of another attacker joining him, Fornaroli's path back to the first team appears in rubble. And there's no likely exit route for the goal machine, deemed surplus to requirements by coach Warren Joyce as the English boss...

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