“We will play the first game [and then] analyse the first game,” he said.

“Because they are very close, and we want to perform for these two games so yes we have to look [at rotating]. It’s more about fatigue and the performance.

“It’s not automatic but yes, we will have to think about this, it’s possible.”

But the elephant in the room for City is the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, as it is for all A-League clubs and the competition’s administrators.

The FFA on Tuesday announced that all grassroots football was set to be suspended until at least 14 April in an attempt to battle the disease’s spread, with only the A-League and W-League Grand Final set to continue with modified arrangements and scheduling.

The AFL, AFLW and NRL have also signalled their intention to play on for as long as they can during the pandemic.

“I can’t answer this question… I’m not… I don’t have all the information about this,” Mombaerts responded when asked if he thought the league should continue.

“The A-League continues, AFL continue also, at the moment the situation is not so bad in Australia. It was the same in Europe. It started like this, and we will see.

“At the moment I don’t know but I’m sure there is no player [with] coronavirus.

“It’s difficult for me to answer because I haven’t gotten enough information.

“For us, it’s our case as a club, the club is involved to make our travelling, we have to respect the rules. We have to do this and respect the rules. The club makes this possible that all things are safe.

“We had some meetings and the players are… they know the situation and we are all close and they can ask Michael [Petrillo, City’s Director of Football] if they need something special.

“Also, a player can be worried about some of his family. We are open to hearing this, but at the moment there is nothing like that. We have also foreign players but at the moment they don’t have too much problem.

“For the others, for maybe Aussie players, it’s the same, they are worried about their families, they are worried about the situation but they think it’s ok at the moment.”