ADELAIDE United’s new star recruit, Ersan Gülüm, and Senegalese striker Baba Diawara have finally arrived in Adelaide.

The pair landed on Sunday night, confirmed Reds general manager of football Ante Kovacevic.

They will probably watch their teammates play in a new-season friendly at Marden Sports Complex when Adelaide hosts State League 1 side White City from 7pm on Wednesday.

“We’re in the process of getting the friendly game signed off by FFSA (Football Federation SA),’’ said Kovacevic.

Gülüm and Diawara underwent medicals on Monday morning before joining their teammates in an afternoon training session at Elizabeth under new boss Marco Kurz.

Diawara, 29, had been held up in his native Senegal for weeks, with Australian visa issues after his partner gave birth in the off season.

Gülüm, 30, was announced as a new Reds stopper seven days ago on a 12-month loan deal from China’s Hebei China Fortune.

The Australian-born Turkish international became one of Australia’s most expensive players when Turkish club Besiktas sold the towering defender to the Chinese club for $7.75 million last year.

The deal made Gülüm the fifth most expensive transfer in Australian soccer history.

No.1 was Aaron Mooy’s $16.7 million shift from Manchester City to Huddersfield this year, which eclipsed Mark Viduka’s move from Celtic to Leeds United, Harry Kewell’s switch from Leeds United to Liverpool and Brad Smith’s move from Liverpool to Bournemouth.

Kurz is also due to assess the wellbeing of the club’s three Olyroos, who are expected to return on Tuesday from national team duty in Myanmar.

The Olyroos easily qualified for the 2018 AFC U-23 Championship in China next January, which will not count as qualifiers for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, after beating Brunei, 2-0, Singapore 7-0 and Myanmar 3-0 on Sunday.

Reds’ gloveman Paul Izzo, Jordan O’Doherty and George Blackwood, who scored three goals in Myanmar, are not expected to face the Warriors at Marden.

Kurz also welcomed Ben Garuccio and Ryan Kitto to preseason training on Monday.

Garuccio returned quicker than expected after having surgery on the ankle injured in a training accident in May.

Kitto had been nursing a groin injury.