[size=8]Antony Golec is expected to leave Adelaide United for Perth Glory in 2014[/size]
[size=3]VAL MIGLIACCIO THE ADVERTISER DECEMBER 30, 2013 9:22AM[/size]


[size=3]Antony Golec during and Adelaide United training session. Picture: Mike Burton. Source: News Limited[/size]

ADELAIDE United defender Antony Golec is on the verge of signing for Perth Glory.

He will leave the club this week and is expected to join Glory in the New Year.

Sydney FC is believed to be also in the hunt for the talented left footer.

Golec becomes the third defender to leave the Reds this season.

Adelaide is expected to release the defender during the FIFA January transfer window.

Golec follows Iain Fyfe who signed for Iran's Mes Kerman before the A-League season started and Jordan Elsey who penned a loan deal with Hong Kong's Kitchee United last week.


[size=3]Golec during a drills session. Picture: Sarah Reed. Source: News Limited[/size]

Golec has not figured for a second in coach Josep Gombau's plans this season despite the side's defensive woes where the Reds conceded 17 goals before keeping three consecutive clean sheets.

Golec, 23, made his A-League debut for Sydney FC under then coach John Kosmina before signing for Adelaide in 2011.

He made 28 appearances for Adelaide and scored twice including a crucial goal in a stunning AFC Champions League 2-1 win over Bunydokor in Tashkent last year.

Golec trained with the Reds in what could be one of his final sessions with Adelaide at Kidman Park this morning.

And with Gombau declaring on Saturday the Reds won't be delving into the transfer market during the window, Golec's pending exit probably means the Reds are intent on running a fiscally leaner operation.

More to come.

It would require the club to release him from the rest of his contract, I'm not sure they would be interested in doing so...