BRISBANE Roar’s new managing director Mark Kingsman has brokered a revised deal with the Queensland Rugby Union that will allow the three-time A-League champions to start training at Ballymore on Monday.

As revealed by The Courier-Mail, Kingsman and Roar coach John Aloisi met with QRU officials on Thursday to finalise the club’s return the Herston venue.

Under the revised agreement, the Roar will – as planned – train at Ballymore from Monday, but will no longer shift their administration base there.

Kingsman said Aloisi and football director will have offices in the QRU building, with the Roar admin staff to remain at the club’s Logan offices.

The new arrangement has reduced the price of the move, with the QRU originally having wanted a season-long rental fee of $300,000

The new cost, which is “down significantly” according to Kingsman, will be paid on Friday to the QRU by Roar owners, Indonesian conglomerate the Bakrie Group.

“The payment will be made today and the team will be training at Ballymore on Monday,” Kingsman said.

“We didn’t feel it was necessary for the admin staff to also move to Ballymore when we’ve already got offices at Logan.

“But having a training venue and medical facilities of the required standard was not negotiable, and the QRU were very receptive to that, and we thank them.”

media_camera Brisbane Roar’s Dimitri Petratos holds off Perth Glory’s Rostyn Griffiths in FFA Cup action at Ballymore last week. The Roar are set to again use Ballymore as their training and administration base.

With Ballymore locked in, Kingsman will focus on repairing the club’s tarnished off-field reputation.

“Football is a product of our business, and it has been an excellent product for many years, so we need to concentrate on the business side of things now,” he said.

“I read somewhere that somebody said it was business as usual, but I don’t want business as usual, because usual’s not been very good. We need to be better in every area. And we can be.”

Kingsman said the Bakrie Group had promised him greater support as he worked to making the club “self-sufficient”.

The support includes the appointment of a chief financial officer, who arrives in Brisbane from Jakarta on Monday.

“The CFO will be based full-time here and we need to have that, so that they’ve got access to bank accounts and know what’s happening on a day-to-day basis, and know where we’re spending the money,” Kingsman said.

“Ultimately we need to get this club into a position where we’re not going back to the owners asking for more money. We’ve got to get into a position where the club is self-sufficient.”

Kingsman said he would retain his job as East Coast Car Rental CEO and that the Roar would eventually appoint a chief executive.

The Roar squad is currently in camp on the Gold Coast and will play Sydney FC in a behind-closed-doors trial at Robina on Saturday.

Brisbane have also announced trials against a BPL select team Saturday week at QSAC and against Central Coast Mariners at Corporate Travel Management Stadium at Newmarket on September 10.