Victory weigh up star trio’s futures

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MELBOURNE Victory is sweating on the futures of Gui Finkler and Adama Traore whose contracts are about to expire.

But club legend Archie Thompson is on the verge of signing a contract extension With Victory's season reaching a crushing conclusion, negotiations with the Traore and Finkler will resume today after hitting a snag in recent months.

Finkler, whose second half of the season was as good as any other A-League player, was on the verge of signing a two-year contract extension last month, but it's understood he hasn't put pen to paper as talks continue.

Thompson, 35, is understood to have agreed a reduced deal which will bring him inside the salary cap. He's been Victory's Australian marquee up til now.

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Victory is investigating the prospect of Socceroos midfielder Mark Milligan becoming the new Australian marquee.

Although Milligan has another year to run on his contract, the two parties agreed that his contract would be revisited after Victory rejected lucrative offers from Crystal Palace and then Middle Eastern club Baniyas, where Milligan would've stood to earn well over $1m a year.

But Victory will also try and retain star attacker James Troisi, who is on loan from Italian duo Atalanta and Juventus.

He too is likely to be after Australian marquee wages if he's to consider signing a permanent deal after scoring 12 and setting up eight A-League goals this season.

Adama Traore of the Victory is out of contract at the end of the season. Source: Getty Images

Traore would be regarded as a local player next season after becoming an Australian citizen last month.

The Ivorian-born left-back who showed great versatility this season is believed to be interested in continuing his career overseas if the right offer came up.

Defender Adrian Leijer has already agreed a new deal, while midfielder Jimmy Jeggo will join Adelaide United having agreed a two-year deal midway through the season.

Chilean defender Pablo Contreras announced mid-season that he would retire, but preliminary discussions are believed to have taken place about him staying on next season albeit on a heavily reduced wage.

Brisbane's Besart Berisha will replace Contreras as Victory marquee, with the latter having a much-improved second half of the year.

Injury-plagued Tom Rogic is likely to return to Celtic next season to see out his contract.

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