Glory today revealed they had agreed to terminate Dadi's contract with the club, which was due to expire at the end of this season.

The 36-year-old veteran has headed to New Zealand to trial with Wellington Phoenix but his departure has opened up a foreign player position on the Perth roster, meaning any contract with McGarry could be pushed through quickly.

Like Dadi, midfielder McGarry found himself on the outer at Motherwell this season, having been restricted to just one appearance against Hearts on New Year's Eve.

Glory coach Dave Mitchell had initially intended the 30-year-old to be a replacement for either Jacob Burns or Mile Sterjovski if either left Glory to further their World Cup ambitions during January.

But with Dadi gone, and Glory struggling with injury and illness leading into a big clash with Sydney this week and a busy final few weeks, McGarry may be in the right place at the right time to start earlier than expected.

"He wants to come and have a look at this place and we want to have a look at him," Mitchell said today. "It's sort of a trial to start with and if he turns out to be good then we could mutually agree quickly now that there's a position open.

"Steven McGarry was going to come regardless of Eugene moving on or not, because we're hopefully looking at him for maybe later on ... with one of the Socceroos going, to fulfil that role.

"But just the way that Eugene happened, there might be a spot opening up earlier for him."

McGarry arrives in Perth tomorrow evening from Scotland and will train with the club for the first time on Thursday.

But Mitchell said the limited preparation time all-but ruled him out for Sunday's clash with the Sky Blues, even if the paperwork was rushed through.

However the coach wouldn't discount using him earlier than expected, particularly if either Burns or Sterjovski were injured while on national duty this week playing in the Asian Cup qualifier against Kuwait on Wednesday night.

"We've got sort of a limited squad at the moment so we just have to wait and see," Mitchell said. "(But) it will take him a bit to acclimatise I think."

Since the club's big 4-0 win over Newcastle on Boxing Day, Naum Sekulovski and Jimmy Downey have both been struck down by a virus that's swept the squad.

Mitchell said striker Branko Jelic remained a chance to return from a three-match absence with an ankle injury, although this remained unlikely, while Victor Sikora will undergo more scans on a troublesome thigh injury that hasn't responded well to treatment.