SYDNEY FC

IN: Kosta Barbarouses (Melbourne Victory), Alexander Baumjohann (Western Sydney Wanderers), Ryan McGowan (Bradford City), Anthony Caceres (Manchester City), Luke Brattan (Manchester City), Chris Zuvela, Patrick Flottman (unattached)

OUT: Alex Brosque (retired), Siem de Jong, Reza Ghoochannejhad, Anthony Caceres, Daniel De Silva (end of loan spells), Aaron Calver (Western United), Josh Brillante, Jop van der Linden, Alex Cisak, Mitch Austin, Jacob Tratt, Cameron Devlin (released)

A lot of change for a title-winning team. Caceres, McGowan and Brattan are good acquisitions while a lot will be expected of Barbarouses with Brosque retired and de Jong heading back to Holland.

WELLINGTON PHOENIX

IN: Luke DeVere (Brisbane Roar), Stefan Marinovic (Bristol City), Walter Scott (Perth Glory), Jaushua Sotirio (unattached), Ben Waine (promoted from academy), Callum McCowatt (Eastern Suburbs), Cameron Devlin (Sydney FC), Ulises Davila (Delhi Dynamos), Liam McGing (Sutherland Sharks), David Ball (Rotherham United), Te Atawhai Hudson-Wihongi (Onehunga Sports FC), Tim Payne (Eastern Suburbs)

OUT: Filip Kurto (Western United), Max Burgess (Western United), Roy Krishna (ATK), Nathan Burns, Antony Golec, Justin Gulley, Michal Kopczynski, Ryan Lowry, Cillian Sheridan, Tom Doyle (released), David Williams (ATK), Andrew Durante (Western United), Sarpreet Singh (Bayern Munich)

Rookie coach Ufuk Talay will have a tough time replicating Mark Rudan's success in New Zealand with key players Krishna, Williams, Durante, Singh and Kurto all gone.

WESTERN SYDNEY WANDERERS

IN: Daniel Georgievski (Newcastle Jets), Pirmin Schwegler (Hannover 96), Daniel Lopar (St Gallen), Radoslaw Majewski (Pogon Szczecin), Dylan McGowan (Vendsyssel)

OUT: Brendan Hamill (Western United), Giancarlo Gallifuoco (Central Coast Mariners), Josh Risdon (Western United), Oriol Riera, Roly Bonevacia, Raul Llorente, Alexander Baumjohann, Jaushua Sotirio, Abraham Majok, Marc Tokich, Rashid Mahazi, John Roberts, Nick Fitzgerald (released)

Make or break season this for Markus Babbel. The German has been allowed to overhaul his squad and a lot will hang on new faces Schwegler, Majewski and McGowan.

WESTERN UNITED

IN: Panagiotis Kone (Udinese), Alessandro Diamanti (Livorno), Josh Risdon (Western Sydney Wanderers), Connor Chapman (Pohang Steelers), Aaron Calver (Sydney FC), Sebastian Pasquali (Ajax Amsterdam), Apostolos Stamatelopoulos (Adelaide United), Dylan Pierias (Melbourne City), James Delianov (Melbourne City), Valentino Yuel (Bentleigh Greens), Connor Pain (Central Coast Mariners), Josh Cavallo (Melbourne City). Jonathan Aspropotamitis (Central Coast Mariners), Ersan Gulum (uncontracted), Brendan Hamill (Western Sydney Wanderers), Filip Kurto (Wellington Phoenix). Scott McDonald (Partick Thistle), Max Burgess (Wellington Phoenix), Andrew Durante (Wellington Phoenix), Ivan Vujica (Newcastle Jets)

OUT: None

Mark Rudan has built a good looking squad for Western United's inaugural campaign. Italian veteran Diamanti and ex-Socceroo McDonald have goalscoring pedigree while ex-Phoenix trio Durante, Kurto and Burgess are familiar with Rudan's philosophy.