ISSEY Nakajima-Farran concedes his days are numbered at Brisbane Roar, but the Canadian attacker says he can still play a key role in the club's push for back-to-back A-League championships.

Off contract at the end of April, Nakajima-Farran can see the writing on the wall and is bracing himself for a major disappointment next week when the Roar announce their preliminary Asian Football Confederation Champions League squad.

With a maximum of four visa players permitted in Champions League squads - provided one hails from an AFC nation - Nakajima-Farran is set to miss out to fellow foreign teammates Thomas Broich (Germany), Besart Berisha (Albania), Henrique (Brazil) and Mohamed Adnan (Bahrain).

It has also been bad news on the domestic front for Nakajima-Farran, who after making 18 successive appearances for Brisbane, could not even make the Roar's bench in the champions' shock 1-0 weekend home loss to Newcastle.

The 27-year-old winger, who has been capped 24 times for Canada, was shocked at his exclusion despite admitting to having continuing difficulties adapting to Brisbane's style of play under coach Ange Postecoglou.

"I never thought I'd be in this situation," Nakajima-Farran said.

"I thought it would really work for me here but it hasn't been the best for me.

"I'm on my last little bit of my contract, so there's other people that come before me.

"But the best thing I can do is be a man, keep to my word and keep to my commitment, which is being a professional footballer.

"I'll follow the orders of the coaches and keep the best attitude."

The club is yet to instigate talks with the former AC Horsens (Denmark) attacking weapon about a new deal and Nakajima-Farran is not holding his breath about being offered another contract.

However, he is confident an opportunity will arise elsewhere in the world.

"That's the beauty of this game. As much as it can be stressful and worrying to some people about contracts, it's also kind of exciting," he said.

"I've been a traveller my entire life, so I'm not really worried about tomorrow."

For now he is determined to get back into Postecoglou's plans for the rest of the A-League season.

Originally published as Issey about to give up? No way