BRISBANE Roar’s bid to replace departed winger Brandon Borrello has taken them to the Dutch Caribbean island of Curacao.

The Roar had been extremely interested in Netherlands-born Jarchinio Antonia, who is now playing for Curacao in the Gold Cup.

However, the 26-year-old former FC Groningen and Go Ahead Eagles speedster is set to move to a club in Turkey.

media_camera Fahid Ben Khalfallah has already signed on for the Roar’s 2017-18 season.

But as they try to fill the void left by Borrello, who has joined German second division club Kaiserslautern, the Roar haven’t ruled out making a play for Antonia’s Curacao teammate Elson Hooi.

The 25-year-old Hooi, whose most recent club was Danish outfit Vendsyssel FF, scored twice for Curacao in their 2-1 Caribbean Cup final win over Jamaica last month.

The Roar won’t use their marquee spot in signing a winger, preferring to save that, and the extra dollars that come with it, on finding a replacement for goal-scoring machine Jamie Maclaren, now on the books of German second-tier club Darmstadt 98.

media_camera Roar are looking far and wide for a replacement for the departed Brandon Borrello.

Maclaren, Borrello, Tommy Oar and Thomas Broich have all departed the Roar since the end of last season, but Brisbane have already started to replenish their attacking stocks by signing former Melbourne Victory star Fahid Ben Khalfallah and ex-Melbourne City, Sydney FC and Wellington Phoenix forward Corey Gameiro.

The Roar have added a match to their pre-season schedule, with the three-time A-League champions to meet Brisbane Premier League club Peninsula Power at AJ Kelly Field on August 5.

The game has been slotted in between the Roar’s Heritage Cup battle with BPL outfit Lions at Richlands on July 25 and their FFA Cup clash with the Victory at Perry Park on August 9.