Serran, 34, joins the Blues as their seventh foreign signing, having turned out for Carles Cuadrat’s men in two pre-season friendlies, against Villarreal CF B and FC Barcelona B.

“It’s a great experience in my career to sign for Bengaluru FC. The pre-season in Spain was great and I had the chance to meet the staff and players.

" I was given a warm welcome and felt very good from the beginning. I’m expecting to arrive in Bengaluru soon, to know more about the fans and the city,” said Serran.

"Welcome Takuma," said a statement on the Red Army club's official site.

No financial details of the deal were disclosed.

The 21-year-old forward, who spent three years with Vegalta Sendai in the J-league, has scored 11 goals in 24 matches this season.

CSKA, who have been teamed with European champions Real Madrid, Serie A giants AS Roma and Czech side Viktoria Plzen in the Champions League Group G, start their campaign away to Plzen on September 19.

Sources: AFP, CSKA Moscow

The talented midfielder, who started in Iran’s Group B matches against Spain and Portugal in the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia, has opted to swap the Russian Premier League for the challenge of the Championship.

Manager Paul Clement said, “I’m very happy we have been able to sign Saeid on loan within 24 hours of this transfer window closing. Saeid is a strong, powerful central midfield player with good technical ability.

"He has experience playing at the highest level with both the Iranian national team and domestically with his current side FC Rostov and in time spent in Spain with Atlético Madrid. Now, I’m really looking forward to getting to work with him on the training pitch.”

An accomplished striker at both club and international level, Toivonen has proven himself on the biggest stage, scoring for Sweden against Germany at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

He enjoyed a number of seasons at Dutch giant PSV Eindhoven before making the move to France with Ligue 1 sides Rennes and Toulouse.

Toivonen also spent a season in the English Premier League with Sunderland in 2015.

In what is a major coup for Melbourne Victory, Head Coach Kevin Muscat was delighted to have secured yet another quality international player to compliment the recent signings of Keisuke Honda and Georg Niedermeier.

Kawashima, 35, has had spells in Belgium with Lierse and Standard Liege as well as Dundee United in Scotland.

He also spent two seasons in France with Metz, Strasbourg's northern neighbours, but they were relegated last term.

Jbarah, 28, joins the Division 2 outfit on a season-long deal, just in time for their 2018/19 league campaign, which begins on Sunday.

The prolific striker, who has previously plied her trade in Jordan, Lebanon and the UAE, revealed her excitement at putting pen to paper.

The highly-rated 19-year-old, who played for his country at the recent 2018 FIFA World Cup tournament in Russia, made the move from Melbourne City to Manchester City, but will now spend the next two years at Paradise.

And the attacking midfielder is looking forward to pulling on the green and white jersey of the Hoops and helping the team in the campaign ahead.