It's expected Dimas will be unveiled as the Wanderers next club captain on Friday, becoming just the third man to lead the Wanderers, following Michael Beauchamp, in their first two seasons, and Topor-Stanley. It is not often that visa-players are named the captain of A-League clubs and Dimas will become just the third foreigner to lead a team this season, alongside Central Coast Mariners' Scottish midfielder Nick Montgomery and Melbourne City's Uruguayan striker, Bruno Fornaroli.

Meanwhile, Wanderers winger Jaushua Sotirio is closing in on a return to the first team after overcoming a lengthy knee injury. The Australian youth international completed his first full training session with the senior squad in two months following his recovery from a ruptured posterior cruciate ligament sustained during an early pre-season clash with Sydney United and is available for selection this weekend.

The 21-year-old won't know until game day whether he will be included in the 16-man team to face Newcastle Jets on Sunday but has already declared himself ready to play a substitute's role.

"I think I'm fit enough to come off the bench, probably not to start yet, but I am definitely good enough to play the last 15 minutes or so," Sotirio said.

"It's been hard for me personally, though. I was meant to be out for 10 weeks and I've never had a major injury before so I didn't take it well at all. It did motivate me to go back into training and get back into games and now I've started my first full week of training so hopefully I can play as soon as possible."