DESPERATE to keep Besart Berisha, Brisbane Roar will ask Football Federation Australia to bend its salary cap rules to help them re-sign the A-League's best striker.

The Courier-Mail has learnt that Roar chairman Chris Fong will meet A-League boss Damien de Bohun in Perth to ask for a cap exemption to assist their bid to retain the services of Berisha.

Off contract at the end of the season, the 28-year-old Albanian international has already attracted marquee interest from Sydney FC and Newcastle, while there is a strong chance he may opt to return to Europe for family reasons.

If that happens, a source close to the club has also revealed that Italian giants Inter Milan could be an option for Berisha.

Inter and Roar have a strong connection, with the Italian club's president and majority shareholder Erick Thohir intrinsically linked with Brisbane's Indonesian owners, the Bakrie Group.

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Thohir is chief executive Visi Media Asia, a Bakrie controlled organisation that owns two television networks and an online news service.

There is also a chance that Inter could sign Berisha, loan him back to the Roar but still pay the bulk of his wages.

However, that would not solve the Kosovo-born forward's desire to be closer to his extended family.

But it is the Roar's preference to re-sign Berisha themselves.

Unable to pay Berisha outside the A-League's $2.55 million 2014-15 season salary cap due to already having German star Thomas Broich on a marquee deal, the Roar will now seek FFA assistance to offer the star attacker a substantial salary increase.

Terms of Brisbane's exemption plea are unknown, but it could involve the Roar spending over the cap next season in return for having less money to work with the following year.

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Fong isn't the only Roar powerbroker heading to Perth, where the first-placed Roar meet the Glory tonight, with managing director Sean Dobson also flying to the West Australian capital.

Berisha, who has scored six goals from just eight A-League appearances this season, is tipped to return to Brisbane's starting line-up after a brilliant second-half cameo in his comeback from injury against Adelaide United last Saturday at Suncorp Stadium.

A decision will be made on Friday on whether playmaker Broich starts.

Having copped a corked thigh among other knocks in the 2-1 loss to a physical Adelaide, Broich had earlier this week been considered a longshot to make the trip to Perth.

But having made a better-than-expected recovery, Broich travelled with the rest of the squad yesterday and will at least be on the bench tonight.

"We can probably get 45 minutes out of him," Roar coach Mike Mulvey said.

"I'm optimistic, because he's got great powers of recovery. He's got great self-belief and he knows his body better than anybody else and he tells me he's a good chance."