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The Melbourne Victory coach was stoppage time away from breaking his A-League GF curse but the Mariners prevailed in extra time.
Melbourne Victory coach Kevin Muscat says he’ll decide the future of crowd favourite and all-time A-League record goalscorer Archie Thompson next week.
Thompson is out of contract at Victory after a decade at the club and 89 goals.
The 36-year-old made headlines during the build-up to the grand final by declaring he was keen to play on next season, whether at Victory or otherwise.
In the wake of Victory’s 3-0 grand final defeat of Sydney FC, Muscat said negotiations would befit a club legend, and occur in the days to come.
“Archie will be treated with the utmost respect,” he said.
“The conversations will be had this week … give us five minutes to enjoy tonight and then we’ll get through that.”
Thompson scored 11 goals, including a hat-trick against Sydney FC earlier in the season, during Victory’s championship-winning campaign.
He is not the only player out of contract at the champions.
Goalkeepers Nathan Coe, Lawrence Thomas, defender Daniel Georgievski and attacker Andrew Nabbout all face uncertain futures without deals in place for the next A-League campaign.
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