Cahill, who retired from international after the 2018 FIFA World Cup, plays as an attacking midfielder but can also play as a forward. A box-to-box midfielder, Cahill, 38, is recognised for his aggressive and powerful approach and his ability to head the ball in the penalty area.

Cahill comes with a lot of rich footballing experience, having scored 168 goals in 694 club appearances in his illustrious career. The Aussie had long spells for Premier League heavyweights Everton and Championship club Millwall.

Later, he went on to play for New York RedBulls in the MLS, Shanghai Shenhua & Hangzhou Greentown in the CSL and Melbourne City in the A-League. Cahill is also the all-time leading goal scorer for the Socceroos, having scored 50 goals in 107 international caps between 2004 and 2018.

The 22-year-old, who has been playing for the Austrian champions since January 2016, has joined the Rothosen as a replacement for Jairo Samperio, who is injured.

In the past two and a half years, the 1.77-metre-tall Hwang completed played 86 games for Salzburg, scoring 29 goals and making seven assists.

In the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia, Hwang played in all three games for the Taeguk Warriors.

Serran, 34, joins the Blues as their seventh foreign signing, having turned out for Carles Cuadrat’s men in two pre-season friendlies, against Villarreal CF B and FC Barcelona B.

“It’s a great experience in my career to sign for Bengaluru FC. The pre-season in Spain was great and I had the chance to meet the staff and players.

" I was given a warm welcome and felt very good from the beginning. I’m expecting to arrive in Bengaluru soon, to know more about the fans and the city,” said Serran.

"Welcome Takuma," said a statement on the Red Army club's official site.

No financial details of the deal were disclosed.

The 21-year-old forward, who spent three years with Vegalta Sendai in the J-league, has scored 11 goals in 24 matches this season.

CSKA, who have been teamed with European champions Real Madrid, Serie A giants AS Roma and Czech side Viktoria Plzen in the Champions League Group G, start their campaign away to Plzen on September 19.

Sources: AFP, CSKA Moscow

The talented midfielder, who started in Iran’s Group B matches against Spain and Portugal in the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia, has opted to swap the Russian Premier League for the challenge of the Championship.

Manager Paul Clement said, “I’m very happy we have been able to sign Saeid on loan within 24 hours of this transfer window closing. Saeid is a strong, powerful central midfield player with good technical ability.

"He has experience playing at the highest level with both the Iranian national team and domestically with his current side FC Rostov and in time spent in Spain with Atlético Madrid. Now, I’m really looking forward to getting to work with him on the training pitch.”

An accomplished striker at both club and international level, Toivonen has proven himself on the biggest stage, scoring for Sweden against Germany at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

He enjoyed a number of seasons at Dutch giant PSV Eindhoven before making the move to France with Ligue 1 sides Rennes and Toulouse.

Toivonen also spent a season in the English Premier League with Sunderland in 2015.

In what is a major coup for Melbourne Victory, Head Coach Kevin Muscat was delighted to have secured yet another quality international player to compliment the recent signings of Keisuke Honda and Georg Niedermeier.

Kawashima, 35, has had spells in Belgium with Lierse and Standard Liege as well as Dundee United in Scotland.

He also spent two seasons in France with Metz, Strasbourg's northern neighbours, but they were relegated last term.