After taking charge of transfers at Club Brugge, Guilian Preud'homme began looking at foreign options to succeed the retired Simon Mignolet, moving away from the previous plan to sign a Belgian goalkeeper. During this process, Preud'homme spoke with an old acquaintance, Mathew Ryan. The 34-year-old Australian international has 105 caps for Australia, is currently a free agent, and has also been linked with Celtic. His market value is estimated by Transfermarkt at €1.80m. However, Preud'homme's main focus was on Yann Sommer, who was ultimately signed.