Asian clubs are about to raid the cream of Australia's A-League, with strikers Joel Griffiths and Archie Thompson likely targets, reports said Saturday. Newcastle Jets' forward Griffiths, 29, looks certain to join his younger brother, Ryan, at Chinese side Beijing Guoan, who have been drawn in the same group of this year's AFC Champions' League, the reports said.
The Jets, last season's A-League champions, are reportedly keen to have a clause written into the deal preventing Griffiths from playing against the Jets, who travel to China for their opening match at the Beijing Workers' Stadium on March 10.