BRISBANE Roar's relationship with sister clubs in Belgium, Uruguay and Indonesia - plus the chance to play under Ange Postecoglou - is poised to land the A-League champions the best young talent in Australia.

That's the belief of Roar chief executive Michael Bowers, who has just returned from a two-day meeting in Jakarta involving clubs owned by The Bakrie Group.

Bowers and Roar chairman Dali Tahir met with representatives from Indonesian club Pelita Jaya, ambitious Belgian second division outfit CS Vise and Uruguay-based youth academy Indonesian SAD.

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Among the issues discussed were the movement of players within the four clubs, who will soon be further in sync with each other via the appointment of a group manager.

"That person's role will be to co-ordinate the activities of all the clubs for mutual benefit, be it commercial opportunities, technical football issues, player movements or player development," Bowers said.

"But what's becoming really clear is that the Roar is probably looming as the best destination for a talented young player to maximise his opportunities in his football career."

"What's also evident is there is a complete fit in relation to each club's philosophy.

"With the Roar, Ange's football philosophy is identify and develop football talent rather than buy talent and the other three clubs are totally in that space."

As a result, Bowers said Brisbane was in a great position to become the first-choice destination of Australian football's emerging stars.

"If you're a young player in Australia, you'd be thinking there's the potential in this group to play for the Roar, a gateway to Europe through Vise, the chance to develop you're game in South America if you're of that (17 to 19) age . . . there's lots of pathways and gateways to the future," he said.

Bowers said there had already been discussions among the four clubs about which teenage players from the Bakrie Group's Indonesian SAD club in Uruguay were best suited to either Australian, Belgian or Indonesian football.

The SAD operation involves young Indonesian talent being nurtured and developed by some of Uruguay's most respected coaches.

"What you take about a fertile group of players, South America's not a bad place," Bowers said.

Originally published as Young talent time at the Roar