Western Sydney Wanderers have confirmed their all-time leading goal-scorer has joined Chiang Rai United

Western Sydney Wanderers have bid farewell to Mark Bridge, with the striker set to join Chiang Rai United in Thailand after four years in red and black.



After the chairman of Chiang Rai exclusively told Goal Thailand on Thursday that they had reached an agreement to sign Bridge, Wanderers CEO John Tsatsimas confirmed the move via a statement on Friday.

Bridge is scheduled to undergo a medical with Chiang Rai on June 13.



"Mark leaves us as an AFC Champions League winner, as our highest-ever goal-scorer and as a club legend. But more than that, he has helped shape the foundations and the history of the Wanderers and for that he will never be forgotten," Tsatsimas said.



"Mark has been with this club from the very start and has played a huge part in on our on-field success and a huge part in our culture off the field. He will always be a member of the Wanderers family."



Speculation about the move had been widely reported since the A-League grand final when Bridge and the Wanderers lost 3-1 to Adelaide United, but Chiang Rai chairman Mitti Tiyapairat first confirmed the deal to Goal Thailand.

"I can confirm that we have a preliminary agreement with Mark Bridge," Tiyapairat said.

"He'll come to Thailand and have a medical test on June 13.

"If things go well he'll be our new player for the second half [of the Thai League] definitely."

Bridge, 30, was one of only three foundation players remaining at the Wanderers alongside captain Nikolai Topor-Stanley and full-back Shannon Cole.

It has been reported the former Newcastle Jets and Sydney FC forward was the target of a Chinese club in January but Western Sydney weren't willing to let him go midseason.

Bridge has scored 28 goals in 95 A-League games for the Wanderers, and won the 2012-13 A-League premiership and 2014 AFC Champions League while at the club.