ROAR loan pair Stef Nijland and Steven Lustica are poised to make a permanent move to Brisbane next season.

Dutch playmaker Nijland and midfielder Lustica joined the Roar from PSV Eindhoven and Hajduk Split respectively, from January until the end of the season.

They have seemingly shown enough for Brisbane coach Mike Mulvey to be keen on securing their services beyond the current campaign.

The Courier-Mail has learnt that the Roar negotiated an option to keep Nijland for next season when they first brought the 24-year-old attacking weapon to the A-League.

It is also believed Mulvey has already spoken to 21-year-old Lustica about the prospect of the former Gold Coast United youth team skipper remaining in Brisbane despite him being contracted to his Croatian club for another two years.

Mulvey's desire to keep Nijland and Lustica is perhaps not the news Roar stalwarts Mitch Nichols and Massimo Murdocca wanted to hear.

Both have lost their spots in Brisbane's team since the arrival of the pair, and Mulvey is not expected to change the side for the clash against Melbourne Victory at Suncorp Stadium on Saturday.

Nichols is off contract at the end of the season, but Mulvey has already expressed a desire to sign the midfielder for a further two years.

Murdocca - who could not even crack a spot on the bench in last Saturday's 1-0 win over Adelaide United - is contracted until the end of next season.

Originally published as Loan pair hear Roar for longer