TONY Popovic has shrugged off suggestions that his marquee man Shinji Ono has already signed with Japanese club Consadole Sapporo.

Ono's Western Sydney Wanderers contract expires at the end of the season and Sapporo, who play in the J-League Division 2, have been chasing his signature.

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But Popovic insists no deal has been done.

"We have had internal discussions and we won't publicly discuss those," the Wanderers coach said.

"But as it stands Shinji is our player now he will be our player until the end of the season and he hasn't signed anywhere."

The 34-year-old has been a key player for the Wanderers and Popovic expects a lot more from him as the Wanderers prepare for their first appearance in the AFC Champions League.

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"Shin has certainly fulfilled everything we've expected of him and we expect more from him leading into the second half of the season now with the ACL," he said.

"It's exciting times for the club. Shin is certainly very excited to be part of it and he, like all of us, is looking forward to a derby and looking forward to an ACL campaign."

Ono is available for tonight's Sydney derby at Pirtek Stadium and Popovic has the luxury of selecting his team from a fully fit squad.

News_Rich_Media: Saturday night's will see the biggest match of the round as Western Sydney Wanderers host Sydney FC in their only home derby of the season.

The Wanderers are coming off a shock home defeat to Wellington, but form doesn't count for much in a derby match, with Popovic expecting a "real passionate affair".

"I think the key is just to get the three points out of that game," he said.

"You want to perform well, it becomes a little bit unpredictable in derbies, but it's something you look forward to as a coach, as a player and as a fan. So we're looking forward to it, it should be a special day and we want to come out of it with three points and move on to the next challenge."

News_Rich_Media: Despite being unbeaten against the Wanderers at Pirtek Stadium Sydney FC will be heading into the derby the underdogs in light of recent form and coach Frank Farina's selection blues.

Sydney will be without Nick Carle, Hagi Gligor and Richard Garcia for the match, but Popovic has taken note of their Serbian striker Ranko Despotovic.

"The players that have come in have done a good job at Sydney FC," he said.

"They've shown that with some of the goals Ranko's got up front. We'll be aware of that and obviously aware of a team that on their day is very dangerous and in a derby anything can happen on the day."