Mile Sterjovski's agent has added another twist in the ongoing saga on the Derby County man's future after insisting the Socceroo will play out the final year of his contract at Pride Park.Tony Rallis, Sterjovski's agent, played down speculation the Australia international, who is contracted with the Rams until 2010, was planning on returning to the A-League for the 2009-2010 season.
Rallis told the Courier Mail, "There are no discussions, there are no deals, there are no offers, because he is a contracted player.
"Until such time that Derby County come out and say 'we don't want you, here's the money we owe you, see you later', he's going back to Derby."
Derby manager Nigel Clough admitted late last month he was hoping to trim the Rams squad for the next season although the fact remains Sterjovski is a contracted player at Pride Park.
Nevertheless Sterjovski doesn't seem to be in Clough's plans at Derby especially considering the Australian was left out of the Rams' squad for their final league game against Watford in favour of several youngsters last weekend.
Gold Coast United manager Miron Bleiberg weighed into the saga by saying, "We're getting close. It's a complicated issue but I'm interested to sign him and he's interested to come here."
"He doesn't want to go to Perth because it's far away from his family (in New South Wales)," Bleiberg claimed.
"He told me if he played for Perth, he might as well play in Europe. He wants a team on the eastern board."
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