McKay frontrunner for Roar captaincy

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SOCCEROOS midfielder Matt McKay is favoured to regain the Brisbane captaincy when the Roar today announce departed skipper Matt Smith's successor.

The Roar will name the leader to replace Smith — who quit the club this month to join Thai outfit Bangkok Glass — at their Perry Park headquarters on Monday morning.

If, as expected, McKay gets the nod, it will be his second stint as Roar skipper.

McKay led Brisbane to the A-League premiership-championship double in 2010-11 before moving on a few months later.

He spent the next two years playing for clubs in Scotland (Rangers), South Korea (Busan I'Park) and China (Changchun Yatai), before returning to Brisbane for the club's successful 2013-14 campaign.

Matt McKay is frontrunner to be named Brisbane Roar captain. Source: News Corp Australia

McKay, who turns 32 next month, was elevated to the team's leadership group this season and wore the captain's armband in the Roar's last-start 1-0 away win over Adelaide United after coach Frans Thijssen elected to start Smith on the bench in the defender's final appearance for the club.

The armband was returned to Smith when he entered the contest for the final few minutes but it is expected to again belong to the Brisbane-born McKay, a Roar foundation player.

Other contenders for the captaincy job include McKay's fellow leadership group members, 33-year-old German playmaker Thomas Broich, Jade North and Shane Stefanutto, although the contract of the soon-to-be 35-year-old Stefanutto expires at the end of this season.

Roar managing director Sean Dobson is today also set to outline the new captain's "long-term" future at the club.

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When McKay returned to Brisbane in August last year, it was as the club's Australian marquee player in what the Roar said was a two-year deal.

However, The Courier-Mail understands the contract was for four years.

It is believed the Roar have held talks with their former defender Luke DeVere about a return to the club.

The former Australian under-20 international is set to leave his South Korean team Gyeongnam FC, having attracted interest from a host of clubs in Australia and abroad.

As reported in The Sunday Mail yesterday, former Western Sydney Wanderers fullback Jerome Polenz is set to on Monday start trialling with the Roar in the hope of signing with the club during next month's transfer window.


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