But whileplayers and coaches from all three teams have huge reservations about health and safety in Doha - as well as the prospect of another round of quarantine when they return,which could severely impact their preparations for the new season and even keep them apart from their families at Christmas - Redmayne has an extra layer of concern.
His wife,Caitlin,is due to give birth to their first child on January 17. The Sky Blues will be well and truly out of quarantine by then - even if they made the ACL final on December 19 - but the 31-year-old said he could not risk being away from her if something was to go wrong,in Sydney or in Doha.
"If everything went as to plan and as expected,I would be back in time for the birth,"Redmayne told theHerald.
"But no pregnancy ever runs exactly to plan. And the way the world is at the moment,with international travel,there is margin for error there ... there was a chance I could miss the birth of my first child and that's something I wasn't willing to risk."
The situation hit close to home for Redmayne because his teammate Michael Zullo's wife,Georgia,recently gave birth to twins at 36 weeks.
"So if we came a month early,I'd miss it - I'd still be in quarantine. And that's without progressing in the Champions League,"he said.