After Berisha's shock move, is Brisbane Roar Melbourne Victory's feeder club? After grand final glory, Besart Berisha will join Melbourne Victory next season. AFTER Besart Berisha's shock move, we ask is Brisbane Roar really just Melbourne Victory's feeder club? As A-League transfer coups go, outside international marquees, it's hard to remember a bigger one. With the stunning capture of Brisbane Roar's star striker Besart Berisha, Melbourne Victory threw a grenade into the middle of the A-League season and simply smiled. But it's not the first time Victory has raided the Queenslanders' ranks. Berisha joins a list of some of the A-League's top names that the two-time champion Victorians have lured away from the Roar, begging the question - is Brisbane Roar just Melbourne Victory's feeder club? Back-to-back championships was enough for Ange Postecoglou in Brisbane. Ange Postecoglou Australian football's very own supercoach had presided over a record-breaking period of success at Brisbane, during which he reset the bar on the style and level of football Australian players and fans could achieve and expect. After proving himself with South Melbourne, Postecoglou endured a few barren years as he struggled through his professional development, and it was Brisbane that gave him his chance back at the top level. He repaid the club with a premiership, back-to-back grand final triumphs and breaking a 74-year-old cross-code unbeaten run record of 37 games. But after two-and-a-half seasons he broke Brisbane's heart by accepting an offer from his hometown club, as Victory snared the competition's best coach with and left Roar wondering how they could move on. Robbie Kruse became on of Australia's best young talent after leaving Brisbane. Robbie Kruse It wasn't quite a big move at the time; Robbie Kruse was far from the great Socceroo hope has now become but this move still represented a considerable success for Victory at Brisbane's expense. A local boy, Kruse impressed during his early years with the Roar but he was unable to shake off the complications of becoming a big name in his home town. Off-field problems affected his performances on the field, and in September 2009, Kruse was next on the well-trod path from Brisbane to Melbourne. Despite Victory being reigning premiers at the time, Kruse didn't win any silverware during his time with the club - but he was allowed to focus on football and fulfil his potential to the level where he earned a moved to German side Fortuna Dusseldorf, which in turn became a boost to his sensational Socceroos performance. "Had it not been for Melbourne Victory I'm not sure where I'd be right now, but I guarantee you I wouldn't be in Germany playing for Fortuna Dusseldorf," Kruse said at the time. A switch to Melbourne Victory also earned Mitch Nichols a lucrative move to Japan. Mitch Nichols Another hot-shot Queensland midfielder who saw his future improving away from Brisbane, Nichols grew up on the Gold Coast and made his breakthrough under Frank Farina at the Roar. He was park of Postecoglou's double-winning squad but after enduring a form-drop following the coach's switch south, Nichols decided it was time for a fresh start - in Melbourne. He didn't have long to make much of an impression at his new club, as Victory sold the 24-year-old to J. League club Cerezo Osaka for a sum of around $400,000. Meaning Roar not only lost their player but a significant fee - to Victory. Besart Berisha What a move by Victory. There was something of a collective "who?" when Ange Postecoglou signed the Albanian for Brisbane in August 2011 but it didn't take long for him to make his mark. He opened his account against Sydney FC in round two and scored four goals as Roar thrashed 7-1 Adelaide United a couple of weeks later. In total, Berisha has scored 35 goals in 56 games for Brisbane, including a double in Roar's second grand final. A vibrant character, his personality has made him one of the most loved/loathed players in the competition but no one questions his quality. Victory's willingness to raid Roar's best talent could have a massive effect on the A-League next season. Jean Carlos Solorzano never matched his Brisbane success with Victory. Jean Carlos Solorzano The Costa Rican might not fall into the category of big wins for Victory but at the time he was considered a real steal, robbed from Roar's training ground after scoring 11 goals as Roar claimed the 2010/11 championship. Solorzano ultimately failed to fire at Victory, starting only four games and failing to score before returning to Costa Rica - but it doesn't change the fact that Melbourne was still able to lure Roar's top scorer even after winning the grand final.