While Roar football director Moore says he understands where the dual Johnny Warren medallist is coming from, he remained critical of his decision to go public only two days out from Friday night's elimination final against Western Sydney Wanderers.

Broich claimed he was left in a "really uncertain" position after talking with coach John Aloisi about his future and made the decision the time was right to leave the club he joined in 2010.

"You've got to be mindful of not being disrespectful to the playing group because we've got a massive game this Friday, a finals game, where it's all on the line," Moore told Radio TAB.

"Certainly this week we would have liked the discussions or the publicity was around that football match. To come out before the finals game is a little bit disappointing.

"But I get it, I understand it. Thomas wanted to make a decision early so he could be focused and have his head in the right space, so we totally respect that."

Moore said an "open-ended invitation" for Broich to join the Roar's operations remains in place, with the German having previously expressed a desire to take up a coaching position, but in the short term the likelihood remains that he could lineup against his old side next season.

The former Roar defender described the decision as a choice between re-signing Broich or Joe Coletti, the young midfielder who has emerged as a star of the future.

"Thomas Broich is a legend of the football club. But at the end of the day, football is a business and people come and go. It does happen."