BRAZILIAN-born German international striker Kevin Kuranyi is expected to make a decision on whether he signs for Adelaide United by the weekend.

The Advertiser can reveal that Adelaide has been chasing the striker with an impressive CV for weeks with a conclusion imminent.

It’s believed Adelaide will today table its final offer to Kuranyi’s management team with the striker destined to be United’s highest paid player in history.

Adelaide is also close to signing another Brazilian, Henrique Andrade Silva, 31, who now has an Australian passport.

The former Brisbane Roar forward is currently playing for Negeri Sembilaqn in Malaysia.

Football Federation Australia is tipped for the second time this season to help partly fund Kuranyi’s contract.

FFA this year brought in a new guest player rule which saw Tim Cahill become a high profile star for Melbourne City after the Socceroos ticked all the boxes to meet demands of the new ruling outside of the pitch.

Kuranyi, 34 and 190cm has scored 212 club goals in 550 matches for clubs such as VfB Stuttgart, Schalke 04, Dinamo Moscow and Hoffenheim last season.

He is also credited with 91 assists in Europe’s best competitions, Germany’s Bundesliga, the UEFA Champions League, Europa League, UEFA Cup and Russia’s premier league.

Kuranyi represented Germany at the 2004 and 2008 EURO championships and the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup scoring 19 goals in 52 appearances.

He scored the opening goal for Germany in a 4-3 win over the Socceroos at the Confederations Cup in Frankfurt where Adelaide-born John Aloisi — Brisbane Roar’s boss — scored a brace.

But Kuranyi may also have competition for an A-League spot as Italian striker Rolando Bianchi expresses a desire to play in the A-League.

Bianchi, 33, would not command the same money as Kuranyi after the former Italian under 21 international had an impressive career which took him to Manchester City, Lazio, Torino and Mallorca of Spain.

Bianchi is Torino’s 10th highest goalscorer with 77 goals in 180 matches after growing up under the revered Atalanta youth soccer system where current MetroStars’ Australian-born winger/striker Christian Esposito, 26, learned his craft before he was signed by Serie A club Novara.

But if Kuranyi does agree to terms he is expected to join his new Reds teammates in Malaysia at the end of the month in a preseason Reds 10-day camp.

Adelaide has pencilled in two friendly matches against Malaysian opponents before finalising preseason with games against yet-to-be determined A-League opposition.

Adelaide will kick off its A-League title defence against Newcastle Jets away on October 9.